“God's visit to earth took place in an animal shelter with no attendants present and nowhere to lay the newborn king but a feed trough. ... For just an instant the sky grew luminous with angels, yet who saw the spectacle? Illiterate hirelings who watched the flocks of others, "nobodies" who failed to leave their names.” EarthNamesAnimalSawsSkyGrewKingsAngelLaysChristmasInstantShelterFlocksLuminousIlliterateNewbornTroughAnimal Shelter Book:The Jesus I Never Knew Source: The Jesus I Never Knew
“My lord, lawyers are a dangerous species of animals till ha'e any dependence upon--they are always starting punctilios and deeficulties among friends. Why, my dear lord, it is their interest that aw mankind should be at variance; for disagreement is the vary manure wi' which they enrich and fatten the land of leetigation; and as they find that constantly produces the best crop, depend upon it they will always be sure till lay it on ass thick ass they can.” ShouldInterestAnimalLordLandMankindDangerousProduceDependsLaysSpeciesStartingDearLawyerAssThickDependenceCropsVaryDisagreementManureVarianceDear Lord Author:Charles Macklin
“When man deploys the arbitrary nature of his madness, he confronts the dark necessity of the world; the animal that haunts his nightmares and his nights of privation is his own nature, which will lay bare hell's pitiless truth.” MenWorldNightDarkAnimalHellMadnessLaysNightmareArbitrary Book:Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason Source: Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
“I have to take care of myself because if you get sick, you still have to work. Im not much a party animal, anyway. I lay low.” IfsStillsCareAnimalPartyLowsSickLaysTake CareParty Animal Author:Cote de Pablo
“Stupefaction overrode all other emotion when I saw this creature on the lookout, lying in wait for the game. For it was an ape, a large-sized gorilla. It was in vain that I told myself I was losing my reason: I could entertain not the slightest doubt as to his species. But an encounter with a gorilla on the planet Soror was not the essential outlandishness of the situation. This for me lay in the fact that the ape was correctly dressed, like a man of our world, and above all that he wore his clothes in such an easy manner.” MenWorldReasonFactsLyingGamesEasyWaitingAnimalEmotionSituationDoubtSawsPlanetsCreaturesEssentialsClothesLosingLaysSpeciesVainEncountersOur WorldApesGorillas Author:Pierre Boulle