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I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much
Like something with no living of its own.
I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much
Like something with no living of its own.
The animals of the world exist
for their own reasons. They were
not made for humans any more read more
The animals of the world exist
for their own reasons. They were
not made for humans any more
than black people were made for
whites or women for men.
She is author of The Color Purple.
A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But
a pig read more
A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But
a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal.
Mary had a little lamb and the doctor fainted.
Mary had a little lamb and the doctor fainted.
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising:
There are forty feeding like one!
The cattle are grazing,
Their heads never raising:
There are forty feeding like one!
A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that
spots are rather a credit.
A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that
spots are rather a credit.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some
blundering fool may try to make a read more
One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some
blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's
ear.
