“With very good reason, my favorite animal is the turtle.”
“My favorite animal is steak.”
“I hated cranberry sauce, but for some reason my mom persisted in her lifelong belief that it was my very favorite food, even though every single Thanksgiving I politely declined to include it on my plate.”
“My favorite animal in the park is the grizzly, icnonic, graceful, and with eyes that seem to know, and what they know is sad.”
“I miss my dog."..."What was his name again?""Mouse.""That was very unkind of you.""Naming him mouse?""Isn't he a greyhound?""I could have named hum Turtle.""Frederick!"..."It's better than Frederic," Annabel said, "Good heavens, that's my brother's name.”
“A cat sees no good reason why it should obey another animal, even if it does stand on two legs.”