# Quote — Tanith Lee, The Birthgrave

> I do not know why it distressed me so much to see an animal die when human death did not move me. Perhaps because they were more beautiful, and there is no corruption in them, while in the best of men there can always be found some guilt or wickedness which seems to have earned him death.

- Author: [Tanith Lee](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee.md)
- Book: [The Birthgrave](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/the-birthgrave.md)
- Page: 246
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/the-birthgrave/i-do-not

## More from this book

> “All my life,” I said, “knowledge has come to me for which I was not ready.”

p. 379 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/the-birthgrave/all-my-life.md)

> “When will they fight?” I asked.
>
> “Tomorrow. Daybreak. It is man’s work.”
>
> I laughed. “I too have fought and killed, Kotta. It is the work of fools, not men.”

p. 333 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/the-birthgrave/when-will-they.md)

> Vazkor had picked his creatures well—narrow, unintelligent men, good fighters, unafraid because they had no imagination, loyal because they responded to their own sense, and until now, there had always been enough food and wine, women and prestige; trustworthy in this last extremity because the old order had been good to them, and Vazkor seemed able to restore it.

p. 305 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tanith-lee/the-birthgrave/vazkor-had-picked.md)