We learn the social norms of our society and modify our behaviour accordingly.

The hardest part of returning to a truly healthy environment may be changing the current totally unsustainable heavy-meat-eating culture of increasing numbers of people around the world. But we must try. We must make a start, one by one.

When I look back over my life it's almost as if there was a plan laid out for me - from the little girl who was so passionate about animals who longed to go to Africa and whose family couldn't afford to put her through college. Everyone laughed at my dreams. I was supposed to be a secretary in Bournemouth.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

It's the bond between mother and child, which is really for us and for chimps and other primates, the root of all the expressions of social behavior.

As thy days, so shall thy strength be.

Just remember--if you are really and truly determined to work with animals, somehow, either now or later, you will find a way to do it. But you have to want it desperately, work hard, take advantage of an opportunity--and never give up.