Man is by nature a reasonable being, but animals, other than man, are by nature instruments of brute force.

We die containing a richness of lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have plunged into and swum up as if rivers of wisdom, characters we have climbed into as if trees, fears we have hidden in as if caves.

"The human condition is one of perpetual dissatisfaction; we are always searching for something more."