“When I was a kid if I was unhappy, I'd stroke my dog. I was into bringing injured birds into the house, RSPCA activities. And the relationship that you have with animals, you can get that from your children: that unquestioning love and adoration and equal need.” IfsNeedsChildrenKidsHouseAnimalDogActivityEqualBirdOur ChildrenUnhappyYour ChildrenStrokesMy DogInjuredAdoration Author:Steve McFadden
“When the animal becomes human, the effect is pleasingly benign and we laugh outloud, "Okay come clean now. This isn't really about hunting, is it?" But when the human becomes animal, the effect is disgusting, and if we laugh at all, then it is what Beckett calls the "mirthless laugh", which laughs at that which is unhappy.” IfsHumansAnimalLaughingEffectsOkayCleanUnhappyHuntingDisgustingBenignBeckett Author:Simon Critchley