As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior toward creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right.
Isaac Bashevis Singer, Enemies: A Love Story
When we are learning, almost by definition, we are going through the harrowing, humbling experience of recognizing how ignorant we really were up until this very minute.
Tout reposait dans Ur et dans Jérimadeth ;
Les astres émaillaient le ciel profond et sombre ;
Le croissant fin et clair parmi ces fleurs de l'ombre
Brillait à l'occident, et Ruth se demandait,
Immobile, ouvrant l'oeil à moitié sous ses voiles,
Quel dieu, quel moissonneur de l'éternel été,
Avait, en s'en allant, négligemment jeté
Cette faucille d'or dans le champ des étoiles.
Booz endormi, Victor Hugo
Sooner or later, Sam is going to die. What are people going to say about him after he’s dead? That he was a good man? That he was a kind man? That he accomplished something great, or even that he had great aspirations that he never accomplished, but that show the goodness of his intentions in this life, in this world?
Brad Pitt as Louis de Pointe du Lac in Interview with the Vampire (1994) dir. Neil Jordan
“I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance.”
Vincent van Gogh
Les deux têtes (1898) - Auguste Leroux for Victor Hugo’s “La confiance du marquis Fabrice”
Diet staples include:
Almond milk, calcium fortified
Hemp seeds
Bananas, dates, berries, etc…
Pea protein powder
Chickpeas, black beans, lentils, etc…
Oats
Tofu/Tempeh
Spinach/Kale
Nattō
Sweet potatoes