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“Animals' pain and pleasure are akin to yours and mine, and their will to live is just as strong.”
― Johnathan Balcombe

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A man sometimes devotes his life to a desire which he is not sure will ever be fulfilled. Those who laugh at this folly are, after all, no more than mere spectators of life.”
― Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Rashomon and Other Stories

“Reflect upon your present blessings -- of which every man has many -- not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings