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title: "3 Good Zoo Quotes by 2 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Good Zoo quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Good Zoo sayings and thoughts."
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> [A good zoo," Stella said, "is a large domain. A wild cage. A safe place to be. It has room to roam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-applegate/a-good-zoo-stella-said-is-a-large-domain-a-wild-cage-a-safe-place-to/)

[Katherine Applegate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-applegate/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dd/katherine-applegate-3304_animal_a-good-zoo-stella-said-is-a-large-domain_135423.jpg)

> [A zoo is not an ideal place for an animal - of course the best place for a chimp is the wilds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/a-zoo-is-not-an-ideal-place-for-an-animal-of-course-the-best-place/)

[Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/yann-martel-395_acceptable_a-zoo-is-not-an-ideal-place-for-an-anima_2003053.jpg)

> [“A good zoo is a place of carefully worked-out coincidence: exactly where an animal says to us, "Stay out!"...we say to it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yann-martel/a-good-zoo-is-a-place-of-carefully-worked-out-coincidence-exactly/)

[Yann Martel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yann-martel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a77/yann-martel-395_animal_a-good-zoo-is-a-place-of-carefully-worke_2429594.jpg)

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