Quotes about Inanimate

they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.

they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.

They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.

There are only three pleasures in life pure and lasting, and all derived from inanimate things-books, pictures and the face of nature.