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“The cat is the only non-gregarious domestic animal. It is retained by its extra-ordinary adhesion to the comforts of the house in which it is reared.”

House Animal Comfort Ordinary Cat Extras Gregarious

Author:Francis Galton

“I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the pleasure of your company. Animals aren't conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you're sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.”

People Way Trying Littles Problem Asks Wish Enjoy Pleasure Animal Company Kindness Like You Return Fit Comfort About Friendship Conditional

Author:Bill Watterson

“Dawn crept over the Downs like a sinister white animal, followed by the snarling cries of a wind eating its way between the black boughs of the thorns. The wind was the furious voice of this sluggish animal light that was baring the dormers and mullions and scullions of Cold Comfort Farm.”

Way Light Black Voice White Animal Cry Wind Cold Comfort Eating Dawn Farms Thorns Furious Sinister Sluggish Snarling Cold Comfort Farm

Book:Cold comfort farm

Source: Cold comfort farm

“At present I feel like a caged animal, bound up by the luxury, comfort and respectability of my position. I can't get the training that I want without neglecting my duty.”

Want Feels I Can Animal Position Duty Comfort Training Bounds Luxury Neglect Respectability Caged Caged Animal

Book:The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Glitter Around and Darkness Within, 1873-1892

Source: The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Glitter Around and Darkness Within, 1873-1892

“And at this moment in history, our core value happens to be the raw, aching truth of the human predicament. It may also be the only belief that can save us as a species. A species that will continue to find comfort and delight in the companionship of animals, the miracle of birds, the colours of the corals and the majesty of the forests. We are in it together, on this blue spinning marble in the cold and silent void. And we must act on that belief, if we are going to be able to continue to live a good life here, in this beautiful and fragile country, on this lovely planet, our only home.”

“I've definitely taken a lot of consolation from animals in my life. There have been times when I've been really sad, and they gave solace and comfort and companionability more than a person.”

Persons Has Beens Animal Taken Comfort Consolation Solace Really Sad

Author:Susan Orlean

“No animal is a better judge of comfort than a cat.”

Animal Judging Comfort Cat

Book:James Herriot's Dog Stories

Source: James Herriot's Dog Stories

“You are a flower crushed beneath the feet of the animal that is concealed in a human being. Take comfort, in that you are the flower crushed and not the foot that has crushed it.”

Humans Human Beings Animal Feet Flower Comfort Crushed Concealed

Author:Khalil Gibran