A Quote by David Levithan

What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.

David Levithan

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Ability Animals Chaos Met Mourn Never Our People Separates Us

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David Levithan
American - Writer
Born: September 7, 1972

Let us not doubt that God has a father's pity towards us, and that in the removal of that which is dearest to us He is still loving and kind. Death separates, but it also unites. It reunites whom it separates.

Abraham Coles

Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people.

Helen Keller

The greatest form of expression - or, at least, the most common that we have as human beings, what separates us from the animals - is speaking: the ability to communicate.

Chael Sonnen

We all have to control our feelings. That's the thing that separates us from animals.

Mike Tyson

We humans are in such a strange position—we are still animals whose behavior reflects that of our ancestors, yet we are unique—unlike any other animal on earth. Our distinctiveness separates us and makes it easy to forget where we came from. Perhaps dogs help us remember the depth of our roots, reminding us—the animals at the other end of the leash—that we may be special, but we are not alone. No wonder we call them our best friends.

Patricia McConnell

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.

Franz Kafka

I think kissing is what separates us from the animals and makes us divine.

Robert Goolrick

Art is what separates us from the animals.

Iimani David

Willpower is what separates us from the animals. It's the capacity to restrain our impulses, resist temptation - do what's right and good for us in the long run, not what we want to do right now. It's central, in fact, to civilisation.

Roy Baumeister

Guilt, remorse. It's what separates us from the animals.

Arthur Mitchell

The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.

William Kent Krueger

I had a linguistics professor who said that it's man's ability to use language that makes him the dominant species on the planet.That may be. But I think there's one other thing that separates us from animals. We aren't afraid of vaccuum cleaners.