“photos of their gaping, rotting bodies stretching to the horizon remind me that our subject's name is synonymous with it's own demise, for the word fish means both the animal and the act of catching it”
― What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
― What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
“Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.”
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“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
― The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“her act of removing them from their element to suffocate symbolizes the suffering they endured at our hands, and her extraordinary sympathy, expressed at such a tender age and still felt today, reminds us of the infinite potential for humans, when we are aware, to do good in the world.”
― What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
― What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins
“The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say.
About anything.
"Need a poo, Todd."
"Shutup, Manchee."
"Poo. Poo, Todd."
"I said shut it.”
― The Knife of Never Letting Go
About anything.
"Need a poo, Todd."
"Shutup, Manchee."
"Poo. Poo, Todd."
"I said shut it.”
― The Knife of Never Letting Go
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