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> [“What about a teakettle? What if the spout opened and closed when the steam came out, so it would become a mouth, and it could whistle pretty melodies, or do Shakespeare, or just crack up with me? I could invent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-safran-foer/what-about-a-teakettle-what-if-the-spout-opened-and-closed-when-the/)

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## More by Jonathon Safran Foer

> [“Very often, those who express concern about (or even interest in) the conditions in which farmed animals are raised are disregarded as sentimentalists. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-safran-foer/very-often-those-who-express-concern-about-or-even-interest-in-the/)

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> [“What about a teakettle? What if the spout opened and closed when the steam came out, so it would become a mouth, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-safran-foer/what-about-a-teakettle-what-if-the-spout-opened-and-closed-when-the/)

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> [“There is no way to communicate to a dog that one is sorry that we live in the world but it is the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-safran-foer/there-is-no-way-to-communicate-to-a-dog-that-one-is-sorry-that-we/)

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> [“You see, I was pretending to be a monster, and I became a monster.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-safran-foer/you-see-i-was-pretending-to-be-a-monster-and-i-became-a-monster/)

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> [“Cruelty. Not only the willful causing of unnecessary suffering, but the indifference to it. It's much easier to be cruel than one might think.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-safran-foer/cruelty-not-only-the-willful-causing-of-unnecessary-suffering-but-the/)

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