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“Why don't they cut their own children's ears into points to make them look sharp? Why don't they cut off their noses to make them look plucky? One would be just as sensible as the other. What right have they to torment and disfigure God's creatures?”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty
“I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play.”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty
“At times it seemed unfair that I should be paid for my work; for driving out in the early morning with the fields glittering under the first pale sunshine and the wisps of mist still hanging on the high tops.”
― All Creatures Great and Small
― All Creatures Great and Small
“Can a man who's warm understand one who's freezing?”
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
― One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
“Over the years I knew her she always looked at me like that - as though I was a quite pleasant but amusing object - and it always did the same thing to me. It's difficult to put into words but perhaps I can best describe it by saying that if I had been a little dog I'd have gone leaping and gambolling around the room wagging my tail furiously.”
― Let Sleeping Vets Lie
― Let Sleeping Vets Lie
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