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“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.”
― Leo Tolstoy

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“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”
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“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

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― Mae West

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