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.

I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts.

I am willing to be annoying if that's what was necessary.

Everything is to protect you. I exist in case you need to be protected.

Silently the animal catches our glance. The animal looks at us, and whether we look away (from the animal, our plate, our concern, ourselves) or not, we are exposed. Whether we change our lives or do nothing, we have responded. To do nothing is to do something

It would be possible, in theory, for life and art to be reversed.

We shouldn't be intimidated by someone else's idea of perfection if it will prevent us from taking steps we actively want to take.