R.P. Nathan > Quotes

“Colonists have similarities to beetles although are slightly bigger than humans. On Earth, because of the relatively low oxygen content of the atmosphere, their insect-like circulation is not very effective at getting oxygen around their bodies – which is why insects never grow particularly large here on Earth.”
― R.P. Nathan, Now We Are Animals

“I’m sorry I used to roll my eyes at you when you used to say, “This food will taste extra good because it was made with love.” I know what you meant. I always knew.”
― R.P. Nathan, Now We Are Animals

“When it suited us, animals were properly sentient. And when it didn't, they were just a commodity.”
― R.P. Nathan, Now We Are Animals

“There are limits to Aggie’s love. It’s finite. And if it’s finite, it can’t be love.”
― R.P. Nathan, Now We Are Animals

“We have freed you and your planet from your own domination.”
― R.P. Nathan, Now We Are Animals

“When we used to treat a bunch of animals like a crop, like food, that's when we chose to see them as inferior.”
― R.P. Nathan, Now We Are Animals

“And all that remained was the empty vessel. The fridge. The cupboards. The kitchen. The house. All the same story. Emptied of human life. Emptied of us. That’s when I knew. That if that’s what this posh person’s house was like, if that could have happened to the rich people who lived here, then it would have most surely happened to our flat too, because bad stuff always happened to poorer people first.”
― R.P. Nathan, Now We Are Animals

“And most of all, I’m sorry I never answered you when you called out to me. As I left for school that very last day. I heard your voice. But I slammed the door. I know it’s too late, but anyway: I love you too, Mum.”
― R.P. Nathan, Now We Are Animals