“Very often, those who express concern about (or even interest in) the conditions in which farmed animals are raised are disregarded as sentimentalists. But it’s worth taking a step back to ask who is the sentimentalist and who is the… — Jonathon Safran Foer Copy Share
“Very often, those who express concern about (or even interest in) the conditions in which farmed animals are raised are disregarded as sentimentalists. But it’s worth taking a step back to ask who is the sentimentalist and who is the realist. […] Two friends are ordering lunch. One says, “I’m in the mood for a burger,” and orders it. The… — Jonathon Safran Foer Copy Share
“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 a teakettle that reads in Dad's voice, so I could fall asleep, or maybe a set of kettles that sings… — Jonathon Safran Foer Copy Share
“There is no way to communicate to a dog that one is sorry that we live in the world but it is the only… — Jonathon Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“You see, I was pretending to be a monster, and I became a monster.” — Jonathon Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“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.… — jonathon safran foer Copy Share Image
