“ With all due respect to the nation's fish and game departments, more deer die because people hunt them than because people feed them. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
“ People didn't think animals thought or remembered or had minds! They most certainly do: any pet owner knows more than a lot of scientists about animals. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
“ As far as I'm concerned, I own my dogs as I own my body. My legs are with me when I take a shower, and I feel no shame. If I were to lose one, I'd grieve, and people would send sympathy cards, but it… Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
“ I saw that animals were important. I saw that plants were even more important. I was also to learn that compared to many of the other species, we weren't important at all except for the damage we do.… Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
