If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.
Jonathan Safran FoerI first became a vegetarian when I was nine, in response to an argument made by a radical babysitter. My great change - which lasted a couple of weeks - was based on the very simple instinct that it's wrong to kill animals for food.
Jonathan Safran FoerWhen I looked at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible.
Jonathan Safran FoerNinety-eight percent of all the soy that's raised goes to livestock. So people make fun of vegetarians for being tofu eaters, but no one eats tofu like steak eaters, by a long shot. It's also funny that tofu is held up as what a vegetarian eats. I mean maybe I eat tofu once a month, but other than that, never. All of it, statistically speaking, is going to livestock.
Jonathan Safran Foer