"After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There's something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence."

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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.226, Simon and Schuster

A. J. Jacobs

#Vegetables Quotes #Preparation Quotes #Violence Quotes

“His eyes were jet-colored circles of perpetual disapproval.”
“I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.”
“Cautiously, I allowed myself to feel good at times. I found moments of peace in cheap rooms just staring at the knobs of some dresser or listening to the rain in the dark. The less I needed the better I felt.”
“Hate and love are very similar emotions. The opposite of love is you don't care.”
“I still feel like the same person, in every way - it is just some of my surroundings have changed and there are lots of new people in my life.”
“Your thorns are the best part of you.”

Source : Marianne Moore (2016). “Observations: Poems”, p.39, Macmillan
“What is necessary, after all, is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. To walk inside yourself and meet no one for hours-that is what you must be able to attain. To be solitary as you were when you were a child ...”
“It's much easier to play supporting roles because that's what I do in my life: I support my son.”

Source : "'I'd love to play a psycho killer'". Interview with Michael Ellison, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2001.

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