Animals Quote by Toba Beta

“All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other.”

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“When creatures refused to use proper names, it was a way of denying that those who were not like you were your equals.”

— Deborah Harkness

“The rest of us have monsters too, but we must call them by other names, or pretend they don't exist...”

— Margaret Millar

“Everyone should know what it is like to be called by name. By the name of the unique person one is at heart.”

— Mary Balogh

“People who have monsters recognize each other. They know each other without even saying a word.”

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“I have named them the hounds of Sisyphus.”

— Anne Rice

“...which animal the ruler should impersonate depends strongly on what animals the followers are.”

— Geert Hofstede

“We humans are such complicated and confused beings that we call the animals beasts.”

— Cristiane Serruya

“All is allegory... Each creature is key to all other creatures.”

— J.M. Coetzee

“Perhaps the greatest gift an animal has to offer is a permanent reminder of who we really are.”

— Nick Trout

“(...) we must learn to accept that all creatures, however fearsome they may be, are of divine origin.”

— Colleen Houck

“You only get one name, preserve and honor it.”

— Tryphena Major