Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself. - By George Orwell, Animal Farm

It was brave," countered Issa. "It was rare. It was love, and it was beautiful. - By Laini Taylor, Days of Blood & Starlight

If your feet are firmly planted on the ground you'll never be able to dance. - By Iris Johansen, Countdown

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them. - By Leo Tolstoy

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. - By Mark Twain

Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you! - By Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre