I was a compulsive eater in my late teens and until I wrote Diet for a Small Planet, … - Frances Moore Lappé

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I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A sponge, suffering because it cannot saturate itself; a river, suffering because reflections of clouds and trees are not clouds and trees.

Frances Moore Lappé

I was a compulsive eater in my late teens and until I wrote Diet for a Small Planet, so I know what it feels like when food becomes a threat.

Food, Planet, Planets, Teens, Threat

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No society has fulfilled its democratic promise if people go hungry. . . If some go without food they have surely been deprived of all power. The existence of hunger belies the existence of democracy.

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Honest hope has an edge. It's messy. It requires that we let go of all pat answers, all preconceived formulas, all confidence that our sailing will be smooth. It's not a resting point. Honest hope is movement.

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Our food system takes abundant grain,which people can't afford,and shrinks it into meat,which better-off people will pay for.

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The good life for me always meant connecting with those big, important issues that grown-ups get so excited about.

Big, Connecting, Excited, Good Life, Important, Issues

With an eco-mind, we get ready for surprises, for we realize it's just not possible to know what's possible.

Faith, Know, Mind, Possible, Realize, Realizing

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I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A sponge, suffering because it cannot saturate itself; a river, suffering because reflections of clouds and trees are not clouds and trees.

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