All the animals come out at night.

The craving to risk death is our last great perversion. We come from night, we go into night. Why live in night?

— John Fowles

“In zoos, as in nature, the best times to visit are sunrise and sunset. That is when most animals come to life. They stir…

— Yann Martel

“A square space with complicated ceremonies going on in it, the purpose of which is to transform animals into men. Two snakes, moving in…

— David Lindorff

I grew up in a home where animals were ever-present and often dominated our lives. There were always horses, dogs, and cats, as well…

— Julia Glass

“And yet the city is not dead: the machines, the engines, the turbines continue to hum and vibrate, every Wheel's cogs are caught in…

— Italo Calvino

Never give other people another reason to ignore other animals. That's what we do when we come across as being so much better than…

— Tom Regan

“In the wall-less house of sounds, humans became the animals that come together by listening. Whatever else they might be, they are sonospheric communards.”

— Peter Sloterdijk

When the man was disgraced and told to go away, he was allowed to ask all the animals whether any of them would come…

— Richard Adams

Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling,…

— Jon Katz

We will admit that, out of the mud or sand which is found on the seashore or the beds of our rivers, at low…

— Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

“...and my books are like friends that I come back to at night." ~Cynthia Batten”

— Cynthia Batten

We're going' Anne said firmly. So soon?' Percy pleaded. 'But stars come out at night.' Then they fade at dawn', Anne replied. 'This star…

— Philippa Gregory

When you have no light to guide you and no one to walk beside you, I will come to you. When the night is…

— Vino

Beware thoughts that come in the night.

— William Least Heat-Moon

“They had come for us in the night. Hey had come expecting a lot of blood. They had come with all their gear. Their…

— Lee Child