29 Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer about vegetarianism
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Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something.
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This brings me back to the image of Kafka standing before a fish in the Berlin aquarium, a fish on which his gaze fell in a newly found peace after he decided not to eat animals. Kafka recognized that fish as a member of his invisible family- not as his equal, of course, but as another being that was his concern.
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Cruelty: Not only the willful causing of unnecessary suffering, but the indifference to it.
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Fish are divided from us by surfaces and silence.
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As told by Kafka's close friend Max Brod:"Suddenly he began to speak to the fish in their illuminated tanks. 'Now at least I can look at you in peace, I don't eat you anymore.' It was the time he turned strictly vegetarian.
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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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It can be challenge enough to have to eat with myself.
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Before you rush off trying to see everything you can, educate yourself.
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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 honey not only tastes sweet, but makes us think of sweetness; the matzo is the bread of our affliction.
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