““A long time ago, before the time of men, when animals and birds ruled the world, the birds saw that animals had the lion as their king and decided to choose one for themselves. The owl insisted that he alone had horns, he should be ruler. They were so afraid of his terrible horns that in the end they never chose a king for themselves. And so it was that the owl ruled through fear until one day when he was asleep as usual during the day, a little sparrow checked the 'terrible horns' and discovered that they were in fact overgrown ears." [110]””
![“As a lion strong by his teeth, after overcoming (all animals), wanders victorious as the king of the animals, and haunts distant dwelling-places[1], (even so) let one wander alone like a rhinoceros. (71)” quote by V. Fausbøll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1ce/v-fausb-ll-40995_animals_as-a-lion-strong-by-his-teeth-after-over_1513607.jpg)
![“He wrote about how stupid the people there could be. I never imagines white people could be stupid. He met people who had never read Shakespear and couldn't form a proper sentence in their own native tongue - though in this respect it looked as if my own daughter might be taking the same route. [29]” quote by Tendai Huchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/beb/tendai-huchu-29586_white-people_he-wrote-about-how-stupid-the-people-the_290041.jpg)
![“Hard times never kill. [49]” quote by Tendai Huchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0bf/tendai-huchu-29586_hard-time_hard-times-never-kill-49-631465_631465.jpg)
![“The city went on with its business as usual oblivious to my pain. [80]” quote by Tendai Huchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/434/tendai-huchu-29586_business_the-city-went-on-with-its-business-as-us_1916790.jpg)
![“I knew instantly that she would be joining the ranks of the many used girls who lived with their parents when the father had done a runner. It was not long ago that I'd been in her shoes. [26]” quote by Tendai Huchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f1a/tendai-huchu-29586_long-ago_i-knew-instantly-that-she-would-be-joini_2081709.jpg)
![“I knew people who never looked beyond the next day. Their circumstances only allowed them to focus on the here and now, which is pretty much what animals did, though we regarded ourselves as superior. [113]” quote by Tendai Huchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/57b/tendai-huchu-29586_next-day_i-knew-people-who-never-looked-beyond-th_2257530.jpg)
