The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease.
"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad."
The night is a great canvas, but the stars are its paint.
Interview with Infinity Plus (February 2001)