“Biologically speaking, if something bites you, it is more likely to be female.”
Desmond Morris (1928) English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter
“More like some small, fierce bird of prey, something with a sharp bite. An owl perhaps, that speaks only when the rest of the world sleeps.
Jenny will do well enough.”
Source: Daughter of the Forest
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New Zealand fiction writer 1948Related quotes
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