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“If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“Presumptuous Man! the reason wouldst thou find,
Why form'd so weak, so little, and so blind?
First, if thou canst, the harder reason guess,
Why form'd no weaker, blinder, and no less!
Ask of thy mother earth, why oaks are made
Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade?
Or ask of yonder argent fields above,
Why Jove's Satellites are less than Jove?”
― Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man

“One of the most difficult of all things to endure for a crow, a raven, a wolf, or a human is to feel alone and separated from one's own kind. A sense of belonging is one of the most universal of all feelings.”
― Lawrence Kilham, The American Crow & Common Raven (Volume 10)

“Dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality.”
― Henri-Frédéric Amiel