“In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever in and of itself.”
Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
“If nothing matters, there's nothing to save.”
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Jonathan Safran Foer
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Eating Animals
Source: Eating Animals
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