Animals Quote by Edith Hamilton

“I decided a long time ago I would feed on the vultures until a dove came along. A pigeon".”

— Jamie McGuire

“though what bird in the best of circumstances does not look a little stricken?”

— Lorrie Moore

“Slowly, deliberately, the dog turned from the black wolf and walked toward the man. He was a dog, and dogs chose men.”

— Jim Kjelgaard

“So, you are happy to be a pigeon?” “Maybe so. But at least a pigeon does no harm. The hawk lives at the expense…

— Geraldine Brooks

“It ain’t your fault to fall prey to a vulture. They find the helpless and wounded. They land, do their damage and fly away.”

— Susan Denning

“animals behaved with purpose, it seemed. Unlike people.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

“turning as it looked for prey. Though the bird’s shadow whipped over her face,”

— Elizabeth Lowell

“If the bird was made, it chose to be made. It's here because it chooses to be with you.”

— Alethea Kontis

“And he had a dog, a nice dog. He couldn’t be too evil or dangerous if he had such a great dog.”

— Molly Ringle

“Birds are the lunatics of the animal world.”

— Victor Lodato

“It was as if the birds were caught in the repetition of some primal trauma, stuck between what they had and what they wanted.”

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“Pretty birds and cute dogs are always necessary. I love them. But I'd never treat a dog like a human.”

— Yun Kouga