There has yet to be a human to survive a span of history without at least one end of the world.
Jonathan Safran FoerWe 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 FoerShe has become an expert at confusing what is with what was with what should be with what could be.
Jonathan Safran FoerI saw Herschel and he saw me and we stood next to each other because that is what friends do in the presence of evil or love.
Jonathan Safran FoerIf we communicated with something like music, we would never be misunderstood, because there is nothing in music to understand.
Jonathan Safran FoerIt is said that the Messiah will come at the end of the world." "But it was not the end of the world," Grandfather said. "It was. He just did not come." "Why did he not come?" "This was the lesson we learned from everything that happened - there is no God. It took all of the hidden faces for Him to prove this to us." "What if it was a challenge of your faith?" I said. "I could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like this." "What if it was not in his power?" "I could not believe in a God that could not stop what happened." "What if it was man and not God that did all of this?" "I do not believe in man, either.
Jonathan Safran FoerAnd here I am, instead of there. I'm sitting in this library, thousands of miles from my life, writing another letter I know I won't be able to send, no matter how hard I try and how much I want to. How did that boy making love behind that shed become this man writing this letter at this table?
Jonathan Safran FoerYou can call your turkey organic and torture it daily.
Jonathan Safran FoerWe were quiet on the car ride home. I turned on the radio and found a station playing "Hey Jude." It was true, I didn't want to make it bad. I wanted to take the sad song and make it better. It's just that I didn't know how.
Jonathan Safran FoerWe need a better way to talk about eating animals. We need a way that brings meat to the center of public discussion in the same way it is often at the center of our plates. This doesn't require that we pretend we are going to have a collective agreement. However strong our intuitions are about what's right for us personally and even about what's right for others, we all know in advance that our positions will clash with those of our neighbors. What do we do with that most inevitable reality? Drop the conversation, or find a way to reframe it?
Jonathan Safran FoerStichwörter: animals vegetarianism food meat eating vegetarians vegans
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