I could tell that Mom was dreaming, but I didn't want to know what she was dreaming about, because I had enough of my own nightmares, and if she had been dreaming something happy, I would have been angry at her for dreaming something happy.

Choosing leaf or flesh, factory farm or family farm, does not in itself change the world, but teaching ourselves, our children, our local communities, and our nation to choose conscience over ease can.

The only way to overcome sadness is to consume it.

Our relationship to the environment matters, our relationship to animals matters, and our relationship to culture matters.

...people with nothing to declare carry the most.

She saw through the shell of me into the center of me

Everyone performs bad actions... A bad person is someone who does not lament his bad actions.