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If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.

Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud.

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.

From Jonathan Safran Foer

We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn't ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like habits, cravings, family and history but rather incorporates them into the conversation. The more they are allowed in, the more able we will be to follow our best instincts.

From Jonathan Safran Foer

There is no greater gift than time.

From Jonathan Safran Foer

The more exposure people have to the realities of factory farming, the more we will see people rejecting it. It's already happening.

From Jonathan Safran Foer

We shouldn't be intimidated by someone else's idea of perfection if it will prevent us from taking steps we actively want to take.

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These little daily choices that we're so used to thinking are irrelevant are the most important thing we do all day long.

From Jonathan Safran Foer

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.

From Jonathan Safran Foer

The Torah is the foundational text for Jewish law, but the Haggadah is our book of living memory. We are not merely telling a story here. We are being called to a radical act of empathy. Here we are, embarking on an ancient, perennial attempt to give human lives - our lives - dignity.

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