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“If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.”
― All Creatures Great and Small
― All Creatures Great and Small

“Well, I'm disenchanted, too. We're all disenchanted.”
― The Thurber Carnival
― The Thurber Carnival

“Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.”
― Tales of the Dying Earth
― Tales of the Dying Earth
“trees [-]
Inside their wooden samurai armor they are geisha beauties, each one a ‘person-of-the-arts,’ limbs dancing, arranging flowers, carrying the wind’s music, the calligraphy of their roots pure poetry, rhyming earth and berth.”
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Inside their wooden samurai armor they are geisha beauties, each one a ‘person-of-the-arts,’ limbs dancing, arranging flowers, carrying the wind’s music, the calligraphy of their roots pure poetry, rhyming earth and berth.”
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“These kissed life on the mouth—and were eaten.”
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