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If God had wanted us to be concerned for the plight of the toads, he would have made them cute and furry.

~ Dave Barry

Dave Barry Animals Humor Toads

Occasionally they would hear a harsh croak or a splash as some amphibian was disturbed, but the only creature they saw was a toad as big as Will's foot, which could only flop in a pain-filled sideways heave as if it were horribly injured. It lay across the path, trying to move out of the way and looking at them as if it knew they meant to hurt it.'It would be merciful to kill it,' said Tialys.'How do you know?' said Lyra. 'It might still like being alive, in spite of everything.''If we killed it, we'd be taking it with us,' said Will. 'It wants to stay here. I've killed enough living things. Even a filthy stagnant pool might be better than being dead.''But if it's in pain?' said Tialys.'If it could tell us, we'd know. But since it can't, I'm not going to kill it. That would be considering our feelings rather than the toad's.'They moved on.

~ Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman Animals Death Killing Toads

At the MoorWanderer in the black wind, quietly the dry reeds whisperIn the stillness of the moor. In the gray skyA flock of wild birds follows,Slanting over gloomy waters.Turmoil. In decayed hutThe spirit of putrescence flutters with black wings.Crippled birches in the autumn wind.Evening in deserted tavern. The way home is scented all aroundBy the soft gloom of grazing herds,Apparition of the night, toads plunge from brown waters.

~ Georg Trakl

Georg Trakl Autumn Birds Bleakness Decay Moors Nature Toads Wanderers

It's a terrible thing for a man when his woman gangs up on him wi' a toad

~ Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett Humor Husband Marriage Toads Wife

It rained toads the day the White Council came to town.

~ Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher Humor Magic Rain Toads

In the pre-war era when itinerant home-remedy salesmen still wandered the country, they had a traditional patter for selling a potion that was supposed to be particularly effective in treating burns and cuts. A toad with four legs in front and six behind would be placed in a box with mirrors lining the four walls. The toad, amazed at its own appearance from every angle, would break into an oily sweat. This sweat would be collected and simmered for 3,721 days while being stirred with a willow branch. The result was the marvelous potion.When writing about myself, I feel something like that toad in the box.

~ Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa 1981 Autobiography Japan Medicine Potions Remedy Self Consciousness Toads
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