“Let me assure you that all of our pets, and animals of every kind will be with us for eternity on the Other Side.” KindSidesAnimalLet MeEternityPet Author:Sylvia Browne
“the African leopard is an audacious animal, although it is ungrateful of me to say a word against him, after the way he has let me off personally ... taken as a whole, he is the most lovely animal I have ever seen; only seeing him, in the one way you can gain a full idea of his beauty, namely in his native forest, is not an unmixed joy to a person, like myself, of a nervous disposition.” WayPersonsIdeasWholeJoyAnimalTakenSeeingGainsLet MeLovelyForestsNervousOne WayNativeDispositionUngratefulLeopardsAudacious Book:Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons Source: Travels in West Africa, Congo Français, Corisco and Cameroons
“It's Earth Day today. Let me tell you something about polar bears. They're endangered but you have to be careful because a polar bear is one of the few animals that will stalk a human. If you go to where polar bears live, it might stalk you and when you're on the plane going home, it might be behind you reading.” IfsHumansHomeMightTodayEarthReadingAnimalBehindsBearsLet MeCarefulPlanesBe CarefulBehind YouStalkingEarth DayGoing HomePolar Bears Author:Craig Ferguson
“You have to walk through the kennel and check out the older animals before you can get to the puppies and kittens - and let me tell you, sometimes the adopters never make it to the puppies and kittens.” SometimesWalksAnimalLet MeChecksPuppyKitten Author:Beth Ostrosky Stern
“When I first got to the White House, I was super anxious all the time about not knowing the answer to every question. And Obama was actually the person who let me be me. He was like, "Alyssa's not the person who wears the Ann Taylor suit. She's not the kind of person who always says the exact right thing." And I'm a bit of a wild animal. I brought a different perspective and I was a little bit more irreverent and casual.” KindDifferentHouseAnimalPerspectiveLet MeRight ThingAnxiousDifferent PerspectiveWild AnimalIrreverent Author:Alyssa Mastromonaco
“Since I’m presuming you don’t mean you finally bought him a leash, let me say simply that there is a big difference between allowing an animal to ravage you and allowing yourself to be ravaged. One is common. The other is art. It is planned. Crafted, even. Only capable of being done by a master.” MeanArtDoneBigsDifferencesAnimalCommonMastersCapableLet MeAllowingBeing DoneLeashesPresuming Book:Thorn Queen Source: Thorn Queen
“He dropped the rest of the Cokes into the grave and pulled out a white paper bag decorated with cartoons. I hadn’t seen one in years, but I recognized it — a McDonald’s Happy Meal. He turned it upside down and shook the fries and hamburger into the grave. “In my day, we used animal blood,” the ghost mumbled. “It’s perfectly good enough. They can’t taste the difference.” “I will treat them with respect,” Nico said. “At least let me keep the toy,” the ghost said.” YearsSaidEnoughUsedDifferencesWhiteAnimalBloodTastePaperTreatsLet MeDown AndGravesGhostMealsBagsGood EnoughToysCartoonUpside DownCokeMcdonaldsHamburgersFriesPerfectly GoodPaper BagsWhite Paper Author:Rick Riordan
“I have to spring a cat out of Rumelt Animal Shelter. Think of it as a prison break." It does the trick. He laughs. "Whose cat?" "My cat. What do you think? That I break out the cats of strangers?" "Let me guess, she was framed. She's innocent.” ThinkingDoeAnimalBreakLaughingSpringCatLet MePrisonStrangerTricksInnocentShelterBreak OutFramedPrison BreakAnimal Shelter Book:White Cat Source: White Cat
“Children, only animals live entirely in the Here and Now. Only nature knows neither memory nor history. But man - let me offer you a definition - is the storytelling animal. Wherever he goes he wants to leave behind not a chaotic wake, not an empty space, but the comforting marker-buoys and trail-signs of stories. He has to go on telling stories. He has to keep on making them up. As long as there's a story, it's all right. Even in his last moments, it's said, in the split second of a fatal fall - or when he's about to drown - he sees, passing rapidly before him, the story of his whole life.” KnowsMenWantChildrenLongSaidWholeMomentsStoriesLastsFallMemoriesSpaceAnimalBehindsGoes OnOffersEmptyLet MeDefinitionsWhole LifePassingPassingsStorytellingSplitsTrailsComfortingHere And NowChaoticTelling StoriesEmpty SpaceMarkersBuoys Author:Graham Swift