The man took my passport and asked me the purpose of my visit, I wrote in my daybook, 'To mourn,' and then, 'To try to live,' he gave me a look and asked if I would consider that business or pleasure, I wrote, 'Neither.' 'For how long do you plan to mourn and try to live?' I wrote, 'For the rest of my life.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013) - ISBN: 9780547416212