“Animals obviously ranked higher in Michaela's world view than humans. Having seen some of the things humans were capable of, Elena couldn't disagree.”
“Bit by bit [the Second World War] really changed my view of what people were capable of, and therefore what human nature was.”
“Even though human life may be the most precious thing on earth, we always behave as if there were something of higher value than human life.”
“Animals are very spiritual creatures and have evolved to a higher plane than humans. Cola was honored with the position of Comforter. Usually that work goes to cats or ferrets...”
“Humans were more than capable of murder all on their own.”
“Despite the Great Chain of Being's traditional ranking of humans between animals and angels, there is no evolutionary justification for the common assumption that evolution is somehow 'aimed' at humans, or that humans are 'evolution's last word'.”