“Because different cultures see a particular animal as representing a certain human virtue or vice, the use of animal imagery also allows for more colorful commentary on the human condition.”

“When given the chance to see China off the beaten track, definitely take it.”

“Don’t take everything for granted, and do not always count on finding everything you need.”

“Contentment can only be found in not envying others or comparing yourself to them but in being satisfied with what you have.”

“Look son, the Human Pig.(shocked)Mother, y-you're inhuman!(deadpan)Another animal could do this?”

“The moment of writing is not an escape...it is only an insistence, through the imagination, upon human ecstasy, and a reminder that such ecstasy remains as much a birthright in this world as misery remains a condition of it.”

“I sometimes think the sexual organs were put there to keep the human race humble," she said. "They've certainly kept me humble.”