Old age is a powerful disguise.

Pain is life. Life is pain.

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

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

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

And that's how we ended up discovering the evil horses that threatened all of humanity.

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