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Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

What were we spending so much time doing if not getting to know each other? Picture Quote #1

It is my great hope that our paths, however long and winding, will cross again Picture Quote #1

Books are for those without real lives, he thought. And they are no real replacement Picture Quote #1

I need an office, so I can have a place where I don’t write Picture Quote #1

I see myself as someone who makes things. Definitions have never done anything but constrain Picture Quote #1

There is nothing wrong with compromising, even if you are compromising almost everything Picture Quote #1

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I first became a vegetarian when I was nine, in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change - which lasted a couple of weeks - was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food Picture Quote #1

I usually write away from home, in coffee shops, on trains, on planes, in friends' houses. I like places where there's stuff going on that you can lift your eyes, see something interesting, overhear a conversation Picture Quote #1

The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way to care about things, but also not to alienate yourself from the rest of the world. But it's so much more alienating than vegetarianism Picture Quote #1

There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasn't happened: The factory farm industry, allied with the pharmaceutical industry, has more power than public health professionals Picture Quote #1

Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car Picture Quote #1

I know lots and lots and lots of vegetarians who think it's perfectly all right to kill animals for food to eat, but don't do it because they think all the ways in which it's done are wrong Picture Quote #1

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I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion Picture Quote #1

I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things Picture Quote #1

I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me Picture Quote #1

Maybe one day the world will change, that we'll be in a luxurious position of being able to debate whether or not it's inherently wrong to eat animals, but the question doesn't matter right now Picture Quote #1

The question, I've come to think, is not what inspires one to change, but what inspires one to remain changed Picture Quote #1

There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food Picture Quote #1

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When it comes to meat, change is almost always cast as an absolute. You are a vegetarian or you are not Picture Quote #1

Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do. They show us that conversations are possible across distances Picture Quote #1

We all choose things, and we also all choose against things. I want to be the kind of person who chooses for more than chooses against Picture Quote #1

Our relationship to the environment matters, our relationship to animals matters, and our relationship to culture matters Picture Quote #1

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Factory farmers talk about their desire to feed the world. That’s not what they’re doing. They’re feeding the world with really, really cheap stuff Picture Quote #1

The books could be completely worthless, and things we don’t even read now could be considered the most important books Picture Quote #1

I used to think that humor was the only way to appreciate how wonderful and terrible the world is, to celebrate how big life is. But now I think the opposite. Humor is a way of shrinking from that wonderful and terrible world Picture Quote #1

In the end, everyone loses everyone. There was no invention to get around that, and so I felt, that night, like the turtle that everything else in the universe was on top of Picture Quote #1

Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living Picture Quote #1

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What were we spending so much time doing if not getting to know each other? (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) It is my great hope that our paths, however long and winding, will cross again (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Books are for those without real lives, he thought. And they are no real replacement (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I need an office, so I can have a place where I don’t write (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I see myself as someone who makes things. Definitions have never done anything but constrain (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) There is nothing wrong with compromising, even if you are compromising almost everything (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I first became a vegetarian when I was nine, in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change - which lasted a couple of weeks - was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I usually write away from home, in coffee shops, on trains, on planes, in friends' houses. I like places where there's stuff going on that you can lift your eyes, see something interesting, overhear a conversation (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way to care about things, but also not to alienate yourself from the rest of the world. But it's so much more alienating than vegetarianism (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasn't happened: The factory farm industry, allied with the pharmaceutical industry, has more power than public health professionals (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I know lots and lots and lots of vegetarians who think it's perfectly all right to kill animals for food to eat, but don't do it because they think all the ways in which it's done are wrong (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Maybe one day the world will change, that we'll be in a luxurious position of being able to debate whether or not it's inherently wrong to eat animals, but the question doesn't matter right now (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) The question, I've come to think, is not what inspires one to change, but what inspires one to remain changed (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) When it comes to meat, change is almost always cast as an absolute. You are a vegetarian or you are not (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) 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 (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do. They show us that conversations are possible across distances (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) We all choose things, and we also all choose against things. I want to be the kind of person who chooses for more than chooses against (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Our relationship to the environment matters, our relationship to animals matters, and our relationship to culture matters (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Factory farmers talk about their desire to feed the world. That’s not what they’re doing. They’re feeding the world with really, really cheap stuff (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) The books could be completely worthless, and things we don’t even read now could be considered the most important books (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) I used to think that humor was the only way to appreciate how wonderful and terrible the world is, to celebrate how big life is. But now I think the opposite. Humor is a way of shrinking from that wonderful and terrible world (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) In the end, everyone loses everyone. There was no invention to get around that, and so I felt, that night, like the turtle that everything else in the universe was on top of (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Humans are the only animal that blushes, laughs, has religion, wages war, and kisses with lips. So in a way, the more you kiss with lips, the more human you are. And the more you wage war (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes) Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living (Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes)

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