One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.
Jonathan Safran FoerRead
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One of the greatest opportunities to live our values-or betray them-lies in the food we put on our plates.
Except for when I was very little and thought that being an "engineer" meant he drove a train. Then I imagined him in the seat of an engine car the color of coal, a string of shiny passenger cars trailing behind. One day my father laughed and corrected me. Everything snapped into focus. It's one of those unforgettable moments that happen as a child, when you discover that all along the world has been betraying you.
Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties....and the striving for something better, plus the fear that nothing would come of it all.
The shoddy work of despair, the pointless work of pride, equally betray Creation. They are wastes of life.
What was there to be gained by fighting the most evil wizard who has ever existed?" said Black, with a terrible fury in his face. "Only innocent lives, Peter!" "You don't understand!" whined Pettigrew. "He would have killed me, Sirius!" "THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED!" roared Black. "DIED RATHER THAN BETRAY YOUR FRIENDS, AS WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR YOU!
Memory is the only afterlife I have ever believed in. But the forgetting inside us cannot be stopped. We are programmed to betray.
I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.
If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.
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