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Animal Quotes by Linda Bender

11 Animal quotes by Linda Bender

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When you’re looking for a quick yet meaningful look at how one writer perceives creatures, this handful of Linda Bender’s animal musings does the job. The quotes are brief, each a small window into her curiosity about beasts, both wild and domestic.

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“The inner encounters I have with animals—and will be teaching you to have— are exchanges of meaning.”

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“I take it hard when an animal in my care suffers or dies. I take it even harder when the animal's suffering…

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“It is commonplace, and true, to point out that animals are happier than people because they live entirely in the present.”

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“Animals remind us that all beings who walk, stand, swim, crawl, or fly are radiant, mysterious, and unique expressions of the Source.…

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“It is my understanding from an intuitive relationship with animals that it is complete folly to try to figure out what is…

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“What I discovered at six has continued to be true: in rescuing an animal, I rescue myself. This reciprocity between animals and…

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“Animals suffer both emotionally and physically, but they don't suffer metaphysically. That is, they don't suffer about suffering, don't get thrown into…

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“Animals don't know exactly what will happen when they die any more than we do. In the absence of specific knowledge, they…

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“Because we tend to equate intelligence with language--particularly the ability to use language to think and communicate abstractions--it is natural to conclude…

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“Great teachers often come to us in humble packaging. That little dog held the wisdom of a sage in his heart. I…

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“The animals feel that this urgency is mutual. Their own suffering has made them aware of human suffering. More frequent contact with…

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“Every species embodies a solution to some environmental challenge, and some of these solutions are breathtaking in their elegance.”

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“Animals remind us that all beings who walk, stand, swim, crawl, or fly are radiant, mysterious, and unique expressions of the Source. Every species,…

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“Change comes from dedicated, ordinary people, in the trenches, serving a cause greater than self.”

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“It is my understanding from an intuitive relationship with animals that it is complete folly to try to figure out what is right or…

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“I believe we have this idea that bad things ought to be prevented from happening.”

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“To be sure, there are human abilities that other animals lack, but the more we learn about animals, the more abilities we discover that…

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“The animals feel that this urgency is mutual. Their own suffering has made them aware of human suffering. More frequent contact with us has…

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“Because we tend to equate intelligence with language--particularly the ability to use language to think and communicate abstractions--it is natural to conclude that animals…

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