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Before you rush off trying to see everything you can, educate yourself.

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I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time......why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time, my greatest regret is how ...more

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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...more

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Rationally, factory farming is so obviously wrong, in so many ways. In all of my reading and conversations, I've yet to find a credible defense of it....more

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It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out.

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Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.

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I'm sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things.

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It can be challenge enough to have to eat with myself.

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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...more

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Elsewhere the paper notes that vegetarians and vegans (including athletes) 'meet and exceed requirements' for protein. And, to render the whole we-sho...more

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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 e...more

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We 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 th...more

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If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intelligent than our own, and it regarded us as we regard fish, what would be our arg...more

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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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Every widow wakes one morning, perhaps after years of pure and unwavering grieving, to realize she slept a good night's sleep, and will be able to eat...more