“He said that people who loved [animals] to excess were capable of the worst cruelties toward human beings. He said that dogs were not loyal but servile, that cats were opportunists and traitors, that peacocks were heralds of death, that macaws were simply decorative annoyances, that rabbits fomented greed, that monkeys carried the fever of lust, and that roosters were damned because they had been complicit in the three denials of Christ.”
![“He said that people who loved [animals] to excess were capable of the worst cruelties toward human beings. He said that dogs were not loyal but servile, that cats were opportunists and traitors, that peacocks were heralds of death, that macaws were simply decorative annoyances, that rabbits…” quote by Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/453/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_animal_he-said-that-people-who-loved-animals-to_1578871.jpg)
![“[T]hat his cheating and his bitterness and his cruelty were the revolt of his will ... against a deep-rooted instinct of holiness, against a desire for God that terrified and yet obsessed him.” quote by Somerset Maugham Blanchet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/132/somerset-maugham-blanchet-2788_quote_t-hat-his-cheating-and-his-bitterness-an_62940.jpg)
