It’s easy to close, but almost impossible to close. Think about friends. Think about hobbies. Even ideas. They’re close to us—sometimes so close we think they are part of us—and then, at some point,...
It was the feeling of not wanting to live in the world, even if it was the only place to live.
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...
It is said that the Messiah will come at the end of the world.But it was not the end of the world, Grandfather said.It was. He just did not come.
It [the trip] captured five very long hours. If you want to know why, it is because Grandfather is Grandfather first and a driver second. He made us lost often and became on his nerves. I had to trans...
In zijn eentje doodt Smithfield (Amerika's grootste producent van varkensvlees) jaarlijks meer varkens dan het gezamelijke inwonertal van New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philade...
In the struggle between yourself and the world, side with the world
In the end, everyone loses everyone. There's no invention to get around that. And so, I felt that night like the turtle that everything in the universe was on top of.
In the case of animal slaughter, to throw your hands in the air is to wrap your fingers around a knife handle.
In 1930, more than 20% of the American population was employed in agriculture. Today it's less than 2%.
I'd experienced joy, but not nearly enough, could there be enough? The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, and so there is no end to suffering.
I would have done anything for him. Maybe that was my sickness.
I wanted to shout myself into his ear.
I ripped the page from my book - I don't speak, I'm sorry. - and used it to dry her cheeks, my explanation and apology ran down her face like mascara.
I regret that it takes a life to learn how to live, Oskar. Because if I were able to live my life again, I would do things differently. I would change my life.
I pull the skull off my head. Even though it's made of papier-mache it's really hard. I smash it against Jimmy Snyder's head, and I smash it again. He falls to the ground, because he is unconscious, a...
I invented a book that listed every word in every language. It wouldn't be a very useful book, but you could hold it and know that everything you could possibly say was in your hands.
I hope you never love anything as much as I love you.
I have an aristocratic smile and like to punch people.
I had no need for the past, I thought, like a child. I did not consider that the past might have a need for me.