Human can surprise you sometimes. An unpredictable species, Homo sapiens

Earth is the crossroads of every possible alien. We're the McDonald's next to the highway of the galaxy.

Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.

Is there anything sweeter than the touch of another as she pulls a dead bug from your fur?

Her eyes hold the pale moon in them, the way a still pond holds stars.

It's hard to put into words. Gorillas are not complainers. We're dreamers, poets, philosophers, nap takers.

But mostly, I remembered what I’ve always believed. What my mom taught me. That while some things are just plain awful, most things in life can be seen either tragic or comic. And it’s your choice. Is life a big, long, tiresome slog from sadness to regret to guilt to resentment to self-pity? Or is life weird, outrageous, bizarre, ironic, and just stupid? Gotta go with stupid. It’s not the easy way out. Self pity is the easiest thing in the world. Finding the humor, the irony, the slight justification for a skewed, skeptical optimism. That’s tough. - Marco, Animorphs #35: The Proposal