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“Sometimes it takes strength to choose the path of weakness,” the woman said cryptically. “Sometimes surrender is more courageous than resistance. But it’s hard for people to see that.”


“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols

“Nothing is too ugly for this world, I think. It’s just that people pretend not to see.”
― Heart Berries
― Heart Berries

“It’s easy to tell the dirtiest minds—look for the cleanest fingernails.”
― Eileen
― Eileen

“We know, for instance, that there is a direct, inverse relationship between frequency of family meals and social problems. Bluntly stated, members of families who eat together regularly are statistically less likely to stick up liquor stores, blow up meth labs, give birth to crack babies, commit suicide, or make donkey porn. If Little Timmy had just had more meatloaf, he might not have grown up to fill chest freezers with Cub Scout parts.”
― Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
― Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

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