BILL: That moment of slaughter, for me, in my experience—and I would suspect for most sensitive animal husbandry farmers—that’s when you understand destiny and dominion. Because you have brought that...
Are you an optimist or a pessimist? I can't remember. Which? Do you know what those words mean? Not really. An optimist is positive and hopeful. A pessimist is negative and cynical. I'm an optimist. W...
Anyway.I’m not allowed to watch TV, although I am allowed to rent documentaries that are approved for me, and I can read anything I want. My favorite book is A Brief History of Time, even though I hav...
Animal agriculture is now dominated by the factory farm- 99.9% of chickens raised for meat, 97% of laying hens, 99% of turkeys, 95% of pigs, and 78% of cattle.
And was the next word I lost, probably because it was so close to her name, what a simple word to say, what a profound word to lose.
And yet and yet - the last secret of the tree of codes is that nothing can ever reach a definite conclusion. Nowhere as much as there do we feel possibilities shaken by the nearness of realization. Th...
And also, there are so many times when you need to make a quick escape, but humans don't have their own wings, or not yet, anyway, so what about a birdseed shirt?
Amami perché l’amore non esiste e io ho provato tutto ciò che esiste. Ma la mia ultrabis-ultratriste-nonna non amava Yankel, almeno nel senso semplice e impossibile della parola. In effetti, sapeva be...
Almost always when I told someone I was writing a book about eating animals, they assumed, even without knowing anything about my views, that it was a case for vegetarianism. It's a telling assumption...
Alex? I told him yes. You’re my translator, right? I asked him to be slow, because I could not understand him. In truth I was manufacturing a brick wall of shits.
About 3 million pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year, but a whopping 17.8 million pounds are fed to livestock.
AND IF WE ARE TO STRIVE FOR A BETTER FUTURE, MUSTN'T WE BE FAMILIAR AND RECONCILED WITH OUR PAST?
A group of boys lumbered down the halls of Adas Israel, laughing, punching, blood rushing from developing brains to developing genitals and back again in the zero-sum game of puberty.
A Seeing Eye bitch is not only for blind people but for people who pine for the negative of loneliness.
If we are to be such nomads with the truth, why do we not make the story more premium than life? It seems to me that we are making the story even inferior. We often make ourselves appear as though we...
I'd write Ha ha ha! and instead of singing in the shower I would write out the lyrics of my favorite songs, the ink would turn the water blue or red or green, and the music would run down my legs (..)
Чем сильнее любишь кого-то, — пришел к выводу он, — тем труднее об этом сказать.
Она сказала: «Можешь мне не верить, но я тоже когда-то была идеалисткой». Я спросил, что значит «быть идеалисткой». «Это значит жить в соответствии со своими убеждениями». — «Вы больше так не живете?»...
Она написала: я бы хотела снова стать девочкой, и чтобы вся жизнь снова была впереди. Я страдала чаще, чем следовало. А радости, которые мне выпали, не всегда радовали. Теперь я бы прожила иначе. Когд...
Он довел меня до кухонного стола, который стоял там же, где и наш стол, и сел, хлопнув себя по коленке. «А! - сказал он так громко, что захотелось заткнуть уши. - Какую удивительную я прожил жизнь!» М...