The best Quotes from Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Songs are as sad as the listener.

Oskar: "I found something from every decade."
[Puts a rock on the table]
Thomas: "You rock!"

If the sun were to explode, you wouldn't even know about it for eight minutes because thats how long it takes for light to travel to us. For eight minutes the world would still be bright and it would still feel warm. It was a year since my dad died and I could feel my eight minutes with him were running out.

People aren't like numbers. They're more like letters. And those letters want to become stories. And dad said that stories need to be shared.

I didn't know what was waiting for me. Although my stomach hurt and my eyes were watering I'd made up my mind that nothing was gonna stop me. Not even me.

If things were easy to find, they wouldn't be worth finding.