Main Street Vegan Quotes

“Cruelty to animals is an enormous injustice; so is expecting those on the lowest rung of the economic ladder to do the dangerous, soul-numbing work of slaughtering sentient beings on our behalf.”
― Victoria Moran, Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World

“In fact, just heading toward veganism lifts a not insignificant burden from the earth. According to food pundit Michael Pollan, who’s not a vegetarian, if everybody did even “Meatless Monday,” it would be the environmental equivalent of taking 20 million midsize cars off the road.”
― Victoria Moran, Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World

“I realized I could only play-act at the spiritual life as long as my appetites were stronger than my empathy.”
― Victoria Moran, Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World

“You never know what a man -- or a woman -- has inside: how much grit, how much courage, how much willingness to change. When someone draws on those qualities, you're looking at a person of substance. And power. And promise. This world needs more of those.”
― Victoria Moran, Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World

“According to the USDA, it takes 11 calories of fossil fuel to produce 1 calorie of protein in the form of meat, poultry, or fish; soy is forty-five times more efficient.”
― Victoria Moran, Main Street Vegan: Everything You Need to Know to Eat Healthfully and Live Compassionately in the Real World