“We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals…. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained,living by voices we shall never hear.They are not brethren, they are not underlings: they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time..."
~ Henry Beston

“I looked at all the caged animals in the shelter... the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear and dread, sadness and betrayal. And I was angry. 'God' I said, 'this is terrible! Why don't you do something?' God was silent for moment, and then he spoke softly, 'I have done something' was the reply, 'I created you.'"
-Jim Willis

“It is true, my dear Earthlings, there are angels living among you. They appear in forms least expected. Be kind to strangers of all shapes. And do not act with indifference toward any being who arrives at your door; it might be an angel."
~ Lei Shamilly

“When angels deliver a spiritual hug, to better attract our attention they often appear to us in out-of-context environments, in slightly altered, abstracted, or amplified forms."
~ Lynne Leakey