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> [Animals are like humans, only more openly carnal and sexual, more openly and therefore more disarmingly absurd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/animals-are-like-humans-only-more-openly-carnal-and-sexual-more/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

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## More by Yi-Fu Tuan

> [In a sense, every human construction, whether mental or material, is a component in a landscape of fear because it exists in constant chaos.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/in-a-sense-every-human-construction-whether-mental-or-material-is-a/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

> [I feel a reassuring oneness with other people when I find that even my most intimate, anguished, socially inadmissible emotions and desires are known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/i-feel-a-reassuring-oneness-with-other-people-when-i-find-that-even/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

> [A spontaneous act of generosity, performed with unselfish grace is an example of moral beauty, as are certain acts of courage; genuine modesty is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/a-spontaneous-act-of-generosity-performed-with-unselfish-grace-is-an/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

> [Lucidity, I maintain, is almost always desirable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/lucidity-i-maintain-is-almost-always-desirable/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

> [A great city may be seen as the construction of words as well as stone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/a-great-city-may-be-seen-as-the-construction-of-words-as-well-as-stone/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

> [All creative effort - including the making of an omelet - is preceded by destruction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/all-creative-effort-including-the-making-of-an-omelet-is-preceded-by/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

> [Geography is the study of earth as the home of people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/geography-is-the-study-of-earth-as-the-home-of-people/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

> [Animals are like humans, only more openly carnal and sexual, more openly and therefore more disarmingly absurd.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/animals-are-like-humans-only-more-openly-carnal-and-sexual-more/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

> [Place is security, space is freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/place-is-security-space-is-freedom/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

> [It is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yi-fu-tuan/it-is-by-thoughtful-reflection-that-the-elusive-moments-of-the-past/)

[Yi-Fu Tuan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yi-fu-tuan/)

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