The images of his infinite pasts and infinite futures washed over him as he waited, paralyzed, in the present. Jonathan Safran Foer More Quotes by Jonathan Safran Foer More Quotes From Jonathan Safran Foer It might sound naive to suggest that whether you order a chicken patty or a veggie burger is a profoundly important decision. Then again, it certainly would have sounded fantastic if in the 1950's you were told that where you sat in a restaurant or on a bus could begin to uproot racism. Jonathan Safran Foer decision racism order I spent my life learning to feel less. Jonathan Safran Foer everything-is-illuminated life-learning feels Brod discovered 613 sadnesses, each perfectly unique, each a singular emotion, no more similar to any other sadness than to anger, ecstasy, guilt, or frustration. Mirror Sadness. Sadness of Domesticated Birds. Sadness of Being Sad in front of One's Parent. Humor Sadness. Sadness of Love Without Release. Jonathan Safran Foer frustration sadness unique Why are entire flocks of industrial birds dying at once? And what about the people eating those birds? Just the other day, one of the local pediatricians was telling me he's seeing all kinds of illnesses that he never used to see. Not only juvenile diabetes, but inflammatory and autoimmune diseases that a lot of the docs don't even know what to call. And girls are going through puberty much earlier; and kids are allergic to just about everything, and asthma is out of control. Everyone knows it's our foods... Kids today are the first generation to grow up on this stuff. Jonathan Safran Foer growing-up girl kids Why is taste, the crudest of our senses, exempted from the ethical rules that govern our other senses? Jonathan Safran Foer animal-experimentation ethical taste I love the idea of books being more than books, or being, rather, something other than books. Jonathan Safran Foer book ideas We are breeding creatures incapable of surviving in any place other than the most artificial settings. We have focused the awesome power of modern genetic knowledge to bring into being animals that suffer more. Jonathan Safran Foer modern suffering animal For a long time, I thought I would like to be a doctor. Such a good profession. So explicitly good. Never a waste of time. Jonathan Safran Foer doctors waste long I always write out of a need to read something, rather than a need to write something. Jonathan Safran Foer writing needs ...he was leaving me. I wondered if I should stop him. If I should wrestle him to the ground and force him to love me. I wanted to hold his shoulders down and shout into his face. Jonathan Safran Foer down-and leaving faces [...]It is as if after surviving so much, there was no longer reason to survive. Jonathan Safran Foer surviving ifs reason What were we spending so much time doing if not getting to know each other? Jonathan Safran Foer getting-to-know-each-other spending knows His voice was handsome and broken, like a cobblestone street. Jonathan Safran Foer cobblestone-streets voice broken I got tired, I told him. Not worn out, but worn through. Like one of those wives who wakes up one morning and says I can't bake any more bread. Jonathan Safran Foer tired wife morning Yesterday I wanted to turn inside out. Jonathan Safran Foer turns yesterday wanted We looked at each other until it felt like everything would burst into flames Jonathan Safran Foer felt flames If god exists, he is not to be believed in. Jonathan Safran Foer god-exists ifs To feel alone is to be alone. Jonathan Safran Foer everything-is-illuminated feels It was terrible. All of the things we couldn't share. The room was filled with conversations we weren't having. Jonathan Safran Foer share conversation rooms Our love was the affliction for which only our love was the cure. Jonathan Safran Foer our-love affliction cures
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