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- Evil brings men together.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), (attributed)
- Or perhaps she's just softening me up: she's a Baptist, she'd like me to find Jesus, or vice versa, before it's too late. That kind of thing doesn't run in her family: her mother Reenie never went in much for God. There was mutual respect, and if you were in trouble, naturally you'd call on him, as with lawyers, but as with lawyers, it would have to be bad trouble. Otherwise it didn't pay to get too mixed up with him.
- Margaret Atwood (1939 - ), The Blind Assassin
- There is nothing better than birthday cake. It's like a slice of concentrated love with buttercream frosting.
- Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
- They say that facing oneself is the sign of a zany man, but facing this flabby belly requires a lot of courage.
- Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
- Here's what I've learned about dogs: They're a lot like pretty girls. Having one or two around makes everything more fun, but when you get a whole bunch together, it turns into one big power struggle.
- Scott Westerfeld, The Last Days, 2006
- Junkies might be easy to knock down, but they're never fragile. They have souls like old leather shoes studded with steel, and they're about as much good as friends.
- Scott Westerfeld, The Last Days, 2006
- I'd watched too many schoolmates graduate into mental institutions, into group homes and jails, and I knew that locking people up was paranormal - against normal, not beside it. Locks didn't cure; they strangled.
- Scott Westerfeld, The Last Days, 2006
- I wanted to talk to the animals like Dr. Doolittle.
- Jane Goodall (1934 - )
- Chimpanzees have given me so much. The long hours spent with them in the forest have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my understanding of human behavior, of our place in nature.
- Jane Goodall (1934 - )
- The more we learn of the true nature of non-human animals, especially those with complex brains and corresponding complex social behavior, the more ethical concerns are raised regarding their use in the service of man -- whether this be in entertainment, as "pets," for food, in research laboratories, or any of the other uses to which we subject them.
- Jane Goodall (1934 - )
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