#animal

When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#begin #ceased #clear #condemned #either

I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, "I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer. ↗

— David Sedaris

#deer #possessions #funny

Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#chinese #civilisation #principle #systematic #wild

I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories. ↗

— Jim Davis

#get #human #i #i do #idiosyncrasies

We are mortals all, human and nonhuman, bound in one fellowship of love and travail. No one escapes the fate of death. But we can, with caring, make our good-byes less tormented. If we broaden the circle of our compassion, life can be less cruel. ↗

— Gary Kowalski

#compassion #death #life #death

There's nothing funnier than the human animal. ↗

— Walt Disney

#funnier #human #human animal #nothing #than

We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#couple #describe #dogs #i #myself

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve. ↗

— Erich Fromm

#existence #his #man #only #own

I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me. ↗