Animal Stories Quotes

“It should be noted, as with so many legends and popularly accepted truths created out of political motivation: There, in fact, is no evidence that the hundreds of murders historically attributed to the werewolves of Gévaudan were actually caused by wolves. As with all witchhunts, the endless battle against ignorance requires one to always keep an open mind and sharp wits when considering such rumors - especially the rumors we choose to enjoy.”
― Zeena Schreck, Beatdom #11: The Nature Issue

“Shall we all open our heart to be a forever home for lost pets.”
― Martha Steward, Bangle Bear: The Tale of a Tailless Cat

“Since the so-called Age of Enlightenment, our shaky anthropocentric, rationalist egos have been brainwashed to forget what 'primitive' cultures once understood: Animals can be manifestations of celestial beings in disguise; they possess supernatural abilities, and they can be our spiritual guides and healers.”
― Zeena Schreck, Beatdom #11: The Nature Issue

“Pa never told stories like Grandpa. Or treated the barn like family. Eli knew how Grandpa’s own pa had built the barn by hand, hauling bluestone for the foundation behind a stubborn ox with horns as wide as a tractor. How the smell of the plank walls was like family and how you never washed your chore coat so the animals would smell that you were family, too.”
― Sandra Neil Wallace

“I felt confident that his inherited knowledge and instincts would soon assert themselves, given the chance, and in spite of his [lion] breeding. I must admit that I did not feel the same confidence about his two owners, when I heard they would accompany Christian [lion] and stay a few weeks at my camp. I was lead to believe they were very 'mod' with long hair and exotic clothing.”
― George Adamson, A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion

“They got a manure machine in there,” Keller said. He went up to the barn and peeked through a hole between tow boards. “On wheels. It’s fun to ride sometimes, when you don’t care how you smell.”
― Sandra Neil Wallace

“Little Joe was still behind him. Eli could feel it. He wanted to look back, but he couldn’t. The tears were too close. If he were Fancy, he’d turn around and kick and buck and moo and do just about anything to keep his calf near. But Eli wasn’t Fancy; he was a farmer.”
― Sandra Neil Wallace

“From the tiniest grain of sand to the large sun in the sky. All are here to teach us.—Uncle Will”
― Pam Torres, It's NOT Just A Dog!

“Who knows what the long-term effects of saving rescue dogs are and the healing lessons and love they bring to Earth? Each one of us has the capacity to influence hundreds - even thousands of people or animals through the way we live our lives.”
― Jadi Kindred, Intuitive Animal Connections

“Listen as the fox slowly and deftly unbinds his whole pack of tricks—his flattery and fine words, his warm and sugary russet charm, his bold-faced blandishments. He has brought forth a spool of raw lies and spun them into a glittering web of truth to trap them all. Every last one of them.”
― Anne Louise Avery, Reynard the Fox

“Gusty McCabe, tha's m' name and tellin' stories, tha's m' game, If they all ain't true I ain't t' blame, I'll tell 'em all just the same.”
― "Gusty" McCabe, The Most Important Critter in the Whole Wide World: Why the Coyote Howls at Night

“Katrina held Bram in her arms, speaking softly, reassuringly, as they approached baby Modoc.

This was an important moment, a beginning, for she knew the boy would spend his life with animals, especially elephants, and the meeting was of utmost importance. Neither the elephant nor the baby said a word. All was quiet as they looked at each other. Mo’s small trunk wormed its way up, reaching to the baby. As Bram leaned over, his little hand pulled loose from Katrina’s grasp found its way down toward the trunk. A finger extended to meet the tip of the trunk. Bram’s expression was one of curiosity; he felt the wet tip, Modoc moved her “finger” all around Bram’s hand, sliding it across each finger and the palm. A big tickle grin spread across Bram’s face, Modoc did her elephant “chirp,” a tear glistened as it ran down Katrina’s face. All was well. The future had been written.”
― Ralph Helfer, Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived

“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole”
― Rodger Karas

“We’ll hop home, as we hares have done since time immemorial.”
― Leen Lefebre, Ebba, the first Easter Hare (SPRING)

“The cover of a book is akin to the door of a home; if it is welcoming and enticing, it beckons you and your visit will be all the more pleasurable and desirable.”
― J.E. Rogers, The Sword of Demelza

“Fortunately the Omanis are generally very friendly and in no time at all, I had a knight in shining white dishdasha offering to help me.”
― Charlotte Smith, Paw Prints In Oman: Dogs, Mogs and Me

“Roaches should never trust humans. We’re all doomed.”
― La Tisha Honor

“His small but showy comb seemed to grow in courage with each move he took.”
― Leen Lefebre, Ebba, the first Easter Hare (SPRING)

“Good morning, Grandma little owl,” he said, still running.
“Good morning, dear Nader… I’m trying to sleep. It was a long night,” said the kind owl, resting above a high rock.
“Well, then… happy dreams, grandma little owl,”
“Don’t wander far alone; the wolves might eat you,” warned the little owl before she surrendered to sleep.
Of course, the fawn was running at top speed; he couldn’t hear her advice.”
― Noora Ahmed Alsuwaidi, The Desert Heroes: Novel

“The non-industrial setting of so much fantasy... reminds us of what we have denied, what we have exiled ourselves from. Animals were once more to us than meat, pests, or pets: they were fellow-creatures, colleagues, dangerous equals... They remind us that the human is not the universal.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Cheek by Jowl: Talks and Essays on How and Why Fantasy Matters

“Kids want animal stories. Why?... What is it the child perceives that her whole culture denies?”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Cheek by Jowl: Talks and Essays on How and Why Fantasy Matters