There is an overabundance of rational reasons to say no to factory-farmed meat: It is the No. 1 cause of global warming, it systematically forces tens of billions of animals to suffer in ways that would be illegal if they were dogs, it is a decisive factor in the development of swine and avian flus, and so on.
Jonathan Safran FoerEverything I did, I did because I thought it was the correct thing to doโฆ I am not a hero, it is trueโฆ But I am not a bad person, either.
Jonathan Safran FoerAm I such a bad person for dreaming of a world that ends when I do? I don't mean the world ending with respect to me, but every set of eyes closing with mine.
Jonathan Safran FoerThe images of his infinite pasts and infinite futures washed over him as he waited, paralyzed, in the present.
Jonathan Safran Foer