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I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Everything that’s born has to die, which means our lives are like skyscrapers. The smoke rises at different speeds, but they’re all on fire, and we’re all trapped.
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Born Death Fire Live Ourselves Rise Smoking
With writing, we have second chances.
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Chance Opportunity Writing
Why didn’t I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER

Believe Future Greatness Learning Time Treat
Every moment before this one depends on this one.
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Depend Moments Oneself
Not responding is a response–we are equally responsible for what we don’t do. In the case of animal slaughter, to throw your hands in the air is to wrap your fingers around a knife handle.
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Equality Fingers Respond Responsibility Throw Yourself
The animals are those things that God likes but doesn’t love.
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Animal God Love
I don’t think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.
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Excellence Life Limitation Thinking
Everything is to protect you. I exist in case you need to be protected.
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Existence Need Protection Yourself
I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.
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Happiness Myself Thinking Time
You can call your turkey organic and torture it daily.
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Call Organic Yourself
She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee’s knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she wanted to talk like she was born here, like she never came from anywhere else
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Animal Born Color Different Herself
And she would say, “Today you believe in God?” And he would say, “Today I believe in love”.
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Believe God Love Myself
Only humans can cry tears.
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Cry Human Tears
The world is a big place,” he said, “but so is the inside of an apartment!
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Himself Place Room World
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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Appearance Easy Eat Goodness Social Society Way
Just to be a functioning adult in the world, we develop all of these layers of protection. When we see homeless people, we don’t cry, even though homeless people probably deserve our tears – you know, it’s a horrible thing.
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Adult Cry Deserve Development Function Home Ourselves People World

I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts.

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