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title: "10 Relationship Animals Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Relationship Animals quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Relationship Animals sayings and thoughts."
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> [I have a special relationship with animals. I contribute to harmony and balance among all the living creatures of the earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-hay/i-have-a-special-relationship-with-animals-i-contribute-to-harmony/)

[Louise Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-hay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/louise-hay-598_animal_i-have-a-special-relationship-with-anima_1452804.jpg)

> [I think we're insecure about our self-imposed spot at the top of the pyramid of life. New studies are continually undermining our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-balcombe/i-think-we-re-insecure-about-our-self-imposed-spot-at-the-top-of-the/)

[Jonathan Balcombe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-balcombe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/jonathan-balcombe-38341_animal_i-think-we-re-insecure-about-our-self-im_1410996.jpg)

> [Our relationship to the environment matters, our relationship to animals matters, and our relationship to culture matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/our-relationship-to-the-environment-matters-our-relationship-to/)

[Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/419/jonathan-safran-foer-136_animal_our-relationship-to-the-environment-matt_1822981.png)

> [When western culture developed, we became detached from nature, detached from our relationship with the animals. We saw animals perhaps as only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kani/when-western-culture-developed-we-became-detached-from-nature/)

[John Kani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/john-kani-7300_animals_when-western-culture-developed-we-became_3220770.jpg)

> [I have a great relationship with animals, and with children. I get to their level. I try to see the way a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/story-musgrave/i-have-a-great-relationship-with-animals-and-with-children-i-get-to/)

[Story Musgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/story-musgrave/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/story-musgrave-21688_animal_i-have-a-great-relationship-with-animals_1890655.jpg)

> [There's a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side. Half the dogs in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/there-s-a-schizoid-quality-to-our-relationship-with-animals-in-which/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/michael-pollan-408_america_there-s-a-schizoid-quality-to-our-relati_943503.png)

> [“It is my understanding from an intuitive relationship with animals that it is complete folly to try to figure out what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-bender/it-is-my-understanding-from-an-intuitive-relationship-with-animals/)

[Linda Bender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-bender/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/linda-bender-23139_animal_it-is-my-understanding-from-an-intuitive_802377.jpg)

> [My culture, Euro-American culture, did so many horrible things to the animal and treated it with such disrespect and such wanton greed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-rinella/my-culture-euro-american-culture-did-so-many-horrible-things-to-the/)

[Steven Rinella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-rinella/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/steven-rinella-4635_american-culture_my-culture-euro-american-culture-did-so_2507684.jpg)

> [When I was a kid if I was unhappy, I'd stroke my dog. I was into bringing injured birds into the house,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-mcfadden/when-i-was-a-kid-if-i-was-unhappy-i-d-stroke-my-dog-i-was-into/)

[Steve McFadden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-mcfadden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/steve-mcfadden-52173_adoration_when-i-was-a-kid-if-i-was-unhappy-i-d-st_792239.jpg)

> [“the relationship that Jane Goodall has with the chimpanzees of Gombe—and that Dian Fossey had with the mountain gorillas she studied, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sy-montgomery/the-relationship-that-jane-goodall-has-with-the-chimpanzees-of-gombe/)

[Sy Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sy-montgomery/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/sy-montgomery-19994_animals_the-relationship-that-jane-goodall-has-w_1953322.jpg)

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