Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes About Identity
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Everybody knows the competing identities of people who have kids.
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The way that I feel about my Jewish identity has been really radically changed by events in life. Like, becoming a writer is one. Having children is another. And getting older and watching, you know, my parents and grandparents get older has been another, the seasons of - being witness to the seasons of life and wanting to have some kind of infrastructure to deal with it, to cope with them. Ritual has become more important to me as I've gotten older. It's not always religious ritual, but it often borrows from Judaism.
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Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, and identity.
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It is unrealistic to think you can have an inflexible identity that never has to give or take or make compromises.
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Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.
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