"Besides, humans aren't prey. They are our natural enemies. They are to be avoided."

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Source : Cynthia Leitich Smith (2010). “Tantalize”, p.54, Candlewick Press

Cynthia Leitich Smith

#Enemy Quotes #Natural Quotes #Prey Quotes

“the world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.”
“I've been an amateur photographer since my teens.”
“Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backwards after taking a step forwards is not a disaster. It's a cha-cha.”
“Overturning patriarchy does not mean replacing men's dominance with women's dominance. That would merely maintain the patriarchal pattern of dominance. We need to transform the pattern itself.”

Source : Petra Karin Kelly (1994). “Thinking green!: essays on environmentalism, feminism, and nonviolence”, Parallax Pr
“Let's don't wait forever for our lives to start. Let's begin them ourselves. Let's be fearless for once and say, we can do this.”

Source : Cammie McGovern (2014). “Amy and Matthew: A Love Story”, p.140, Pan Macmillan
“With wavering steps does fickle fortune stray, Nowhere she finds a firm and fixed abode; But now all smiles, and now again all frowns, She's constant only in inconstancy.”
“As long as men inquire, they will find opportunities to know more upon these topics than those who have gone before them, so inexhaustibly rich is nature in the innermost diversity of her treasures of beauty, order and intelligence.”

Source : Louis Agassiz (1857). “Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America: pt. I. Essay on classification. pt. II. North American Testudinata. 1857”, p.139
“You will probably have but a short time to live. Before you launch into eternity, it behooves you to improve the time that may be allowed you in this world: it behooves you most seriously to reflect upon your past conduct; to repent of your evil deeds, to be incessant in prayers to the great and merciful God to forgive your manifold transgressions and sins, to teach you to rely upon the merit and passion of a dear Redeemer.”

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