Children all over the world consort quite naturally with animals. They…

J. M. Coetzee
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Children all over the world consort quite naturally with animals. They don't see any dividing line. That is something they have to be taught, just as they have to be taught it is all right to kill and eat them. ✨ J. M. Coetzee (2016). The Lives of Animals: The Lives of Animals [Princeton Classics], p.61, Princeton University Press
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