Ninety-nine percent of all land animals eaten or used to produce milk and eggs in the United States are factory farmed. So although there are important exceptions, to speak about eating animals today is to speak about factory farming.
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More Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
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Worthy would-be worlds of words, whorls of working wonder.
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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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Not responding is a response – we are equally responsible for what we don’t do.
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It was not the feeling of completeness I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty.
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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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My life story is the story of everyone I’ve ever met.
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It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can’t people say what they mean at the time?
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We aren’t exactly emptying the oceans; it’s more like clear-cutting a forest with thousands of species to create massive fields with one type of soybean.
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Writers now are putting total faith in designers at Apple and Amazon. It’s almost like a race-car driver having no input into how cars are designed.
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I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time.
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And she would say, “Today you believe in God?” And he would say, “Today I believe in love”.
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She laughed enough to migrate an entire flock of birds. That was how she said yes.
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Food serves two parallel purposes: it nourishes and it helps you remember. Eating and storytelling are inseparable-the saltwater is also tears; the honey not only tastes sweet, but makes us think of sweetness; the matzo is the bread of our affliction.
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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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I thought for a minute, and then I got heavy, heavy boots.
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