"I cannot find any great difference, on the basis of natural reason and equity only, between feeding on human flesh and feeding on animal flesh, except custom and practice."

-- George Cheyne

#Animal Quotes #Practice Quotes #Differences Quotes

“Take some wood and canvas and nails and things. Build yourself a theater, a stage, light it, learn about it. When you've done that you will probably know how to write a play.”
“We cannot free ourselves unless we move forward united in a single desire.”
“Man is a free agent; but he is not free if he does not believe it[.”
“Intimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be extremely important to the readers.”
“I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.”
“I wanted to be a composer for a while, and for a while, and maybe still, I found writing music much easier than writing poetry. So maybe my brain clings to it.”
“I found that my wounds begin to heal when the voices of those endangered by silence are given power. The silence of hopelessness, of despair buried in the depths of poverty, violence, racism are more deadly than bullets. The gift of light, in our compassion, our listening, our works of love is the gift of life to ourselves.”
“What did falling in love do for you? Can you ever really explain it? It filled empty spaces I never knew were empty. It cured a loneliness I never knew I had. It gave me joy. And freedom. I think that was the most amazing part. I suddenly felt both embraced and freed at the same time.”

Source : Louise Penny (2015). “The Chief Inspector Gamache Series”, p.450, Macmillan

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