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“A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena. A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey. A nightingale does not stop singing its beautiful song at the intrusion of an annoying woodpecker.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

tags: banana, criticism, envy, gorilla, jealousy, lion, monkey, nightingale, sheep, suzy-kassem, woodpecker

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“The whiskered goddess had two natures; as Sekhmet the lioness, she was a mighty queen of sun-fire and war, and a harbinger of raw spiritual powers. As Bast the cat, she was the gentle bringer of love and domestic joy.”
― Zita Steele, The Hidden Sphinx: A Tale of World War II Egypt

tags: afterlife, cat, egypt, fiction, goddess, gods, lion, world-war-2

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