Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine’s Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOERThe animals are those things that God likes but doesn’t love.
More Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes
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You are the only one who has understood even a whisper of me, and I will tell you that I am the only person who has understood even a whisper of you.
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It can be challenge enough to have to eat with myself.
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Most of the times that I think about my relationship to Judaism, I not only accuse myself of a shallowness, but I feel certain that there’s a shallowness there. That’s not a bad thing, really.
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People with nothing to declare carry the most.
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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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Every moment before this one depends on this one.
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Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.
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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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I thought for a minute, and then I got heavy, heavy boots.
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Tomorrow was over the horizon, and would take an entire day to reach.
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The French, who love their dogs, sometimes eat their horses. The Spanish, who love their horses, sometimes eat their cows. The Indians, who love their cows, sometimes eat their dogs.
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Sadness of not knowing enough words to [express what you mean].
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We spent our lives making livings.
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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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One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.
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