Sometimes you have to put your fears in order.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERThe world is a big place,” he said, “but so is the inside of an apartment!
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Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.
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You can call your turkey organic and torture it daily.
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I do think ordinariness is, in a way, the enemy, but not ordinariness as the opposite of flamboyance.
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She avoids mirrors, and lifts a powerful telescope to find herself.
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I’m so afraid of losing something I love that I refuse to love anything.
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A few weeks after the worst day, I started writing lots of letters. I don’t know why, but it was one of the only things that made my boots lighter.
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While it is always possible to wake a person who’s sleeping, no amount of noise will wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
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It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us…on the inside, looking out.
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If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.
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She laughed enough to migrate an entire flock of birds. That was how she said yes.
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Is that growing old? Or is it something worse?
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Ironically, the utterly unselective omnivore — “I’m easy; I’ll eat anything” — can appear more socially sensitive than the individual who tries to eat in a way that is good for society.
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In the morning, when the nothing vase casts a something shadow, like the memory of someone you’ve lost, what can you say about that?
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Choosing leaf or flesh, factory farm or family farm, does not in itself change the world, but teaching ourselves, our children, our local communities, and our nation to choose conscience over ease can.
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There’s nothing wrong with not understanding yourself.
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