“Food serves two parallel purposes: it nourishes and it helps you remember. Eating and storytelling are inseparable-the saltwater is also tears; the honey not only tastes sweet, but makes us think of sweetness; the matzo is the bread of our affliction.” ThinkingTwoHelpingRememberPurposeTearsSweetTasteEatingBreadStorytellingVegetarianVeganHoneyAfflictionSweetnessParallelsInseparable Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“I think the reason a lot of celebrities feel insecure and want to stop eating altogether is because they see so many pictures of themselves on a daily basis. It's unhealthy how many times you see your own image - it's just constant. When you see something enough, you're going to tear it down to the point where some days you feel like you're not even pretty. I get insecure about my eyes because I once read a blog comment that said, "Her eyes are so small." I thought, Are my eyes small? Oh no - they are!” ThinkingWantFeelsSaidReasonEnoughEyeTearsLike YouEatingBasesConstantCommentHer EyesInsecureBlogsUnhealthy Author:Taylor Swift
“Because we lack sharp claws, aren't very fast on our feet, and aren't exactly endowed with lightning reflexes, it would be very difficult if not impossible for us to run down an animal, catch it with our bare hands, and tear through its fur and skin in order to eat it. Biologically, we are designed to be frugivorous herbivores eating mainly fruits, seeds, roots, and leaves.” IfsHandsWould BeRunningOrderDifficultAnimalImpossibleFeetTearsEatingRootsSkinsFruitSeedsLightningFurClawsReflexes Author:Sharon Gannon
“Now, now," my father said. "Let's just get the bags." This was typical. My father, the lone male in our estrogen-heavy household, had always dealt with any kind of emotional situation or conflict by doing something concrete and specific. Discussion of cramps and heavy flow at the breakfast table? He was up and out the door to change oil on one of our cars. Coming home in tears for reasons you just didn't want to discuss? He'd go make you a grilled cheese, which he'd probably end up eating. Family crisis brewing in a public place? Bags. Get the bags.” WantKindSaidEndsReasonHomeFatherSituationDoorsCarTearsEmotionalConflictEatingFlowCrisisTablesMalesHeavyOilDiscussionBagsComing HomeBreakfastConcreteHouseholdCheeseTypicalLoneBrewingCrampsEstrogenGrilled Cheese Book:Just Listen Source: Just Listen
“For the rest of my life I'll be thinking about that hamburger. I'll be sitting there at the counter, holding it in my hands with tears streaming down my cheeks. The waitress will be looking away because she doesn't like to see kids crying when they are eating hamburgers.” ThinkingHandsKidsCryTearsEatingSittingCheeksHamburgersWaitressStreamingLooking Away Book:So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away Source: So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away
“Ares always reemerges from the chaos. It will never go away. Athenian civilization defends itself from the forces of Ares with metis, or technology. Technology is built on science. Science is like the alchemists' uroburos, continually eating its own tail. The process of science doesn't work unless young scientists have the freedom to attack and tear down old dogmas, to engage in an ongoing Titanomachia. Science flourishes where art and free speech flourish.” ArtYoungForceProcessTechnologyTearsCivilizationSpeechEatingBuiltScientistChaosGoing AwayDogmaFree SpeechTailsOngoingAlchemistAthenians Author:Neal Stephenson