It is unrealistic to think you can have an inflexible identity that never has to give or take or make compromises.

That’s all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there.

Something having been done just about everywhere just about always is no kind of justification for doing it now.

To remember my values, I need to lose certain tastes and find other handles for the memories that they once helped me carry.

The animals are those things that God likes but doesn't love.

Family are the people who must make you feel ashamed when you are deserving of shame.

We know it (meat eating) is indisputably the number one cause of global warming. So what does it mean exactly to be an environmentalist on a daily basis if you are not thinking about the number one cause of global warming or one of the top two or three causes of all other environmental problems? Does it mean you are necessarily someone who doesn't care about the environment? Obviously not, but it might mean you have a blind spot for something big.