It was the first time I had ever made love. I wondered if he knew that. It felt like crying. I wondered, Why does anyone ever make love?

Cruelty depends on an understanding of cruelty, and the ability to choose against it. Or to choose to ignore it.

It has shown me that everything is illuminated in the light of the past. It is always along the side of us...on the inside, looking out.

It’s much easier to be cruel than one might think.

Do you have any coffee?'...'It stunts my growth, and I'm afraid of death.

I can't count the times that upon telling someone I am vegetarian, he or she responded by pointing out an inconsistency in my lifestyle or trying to find a flaw in an argument I never made. (I have often felt that my vegetarianism matters more to such people than it does to me.)

Factory farmers talk about their desire to feed the world. That's not what they're doing. They're feeding the world with really, really cheap stuff.