QUOTE : isn’t it time for your soul, which has been ashamed of your meat for so long, to thank your meat for finally doing something wonderful?” I thought that over. “That sounds right, too,” I said. “You have to actually do it,” she said. “How?” I said. “Hold your hand in front of your eye,” she said, “and look at those strange and clever animals with love and gratitude, and tell them out loud: ‘Thank you, Meat.’” So I did. I held my hands in front of my eyes, and I said out loud and with all my heart: ‘Thank you, Meat.