"Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together."

~ Pearl S. Buck

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Blue Shark - Azores

"Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg."

~ Hans Christian Andersen

"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans."

~ James Herriot

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."

~ Charles Dickens

"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. "

~ Jean Cocteau

"A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden."

~ Robert Southey