“ The most down-trodden human, driven too far, may one day turn and blurt out a terrible truth. Animals can’t speak.
Those who say ‘The more I see of men the better I like dogs’—those who find in animals a relief from the demands of human companionship—will be well advised to examine their real reasons.
I hope I am not being misunderstood. ”
 C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves (1960). copy citation