{"quotes":[{"text":"Poppy took a deep, appreciative breath. “How bracing,” she said. “I wonder what makes the country air smell so different?” “It could be the pig farm we just passed,” Leo muttered. Beatrix, who had been reading from a pamphlet describing the south of England, said cheerfully, “Hampshire is known for its exceptional pigs. They’re fed on acorns and beechnut mast from the forest, and it makes the bacon quite lovely. And there’s an annual sausage competition!” He gave her a sour look. “Splendid. I certainly hope we haven’t missed it.” Win, who had been reading from a thick tome about Hampshire and its environs, volunteered, “The history of Ramsay House is impressive.” “Our house is in a history book?” Beatrix asked in delight. “It’s only a small paragraph,” Win said from behind the book, “but yes, Ramsay House is mentioned. Of course, it’s nothing compared to our neighbor, the Earl of Westcliff, whose estate features one of the finest country homes in England. It dwarfs ours by comparison. And the earl’s family has been in residence for nearly five hundred years.” “He must be awfully old, then,” Poppy commented, straight-faced. Beatrix snickered. “Go on, Win.” “‘Ramsay House,’” Win read aloud, “‘stands in a small park populated with stately oaks and beeches, coverts of bracken, and surrounds of deer-cropped turf. Originally an Elizabethan manor house completed in 1594, the building boasts of many long galleries representative of the period. Alterations and additions to the house have resulted in the grafting of a Jacobean ballroom and a Georgian wing.’” “We have a ballroom!” Poppy exclaimed. “We have deer!” Beatrix said gleefully. Leo settled deeper into his corner. “God, I hope we have a privy.","author":"Lisa Kleypas","tags":["beatrix","deer","hathaways","history","leo","pigs","poppy","privy","siblings"],"id":37049,"author_id":"Lisa+Kleypas"},{"text":"Men, and pigs, are hard on women who sacrifice their virtue, especially for love.' Mattis Tannhouser.","author":"Tim Willocks","tags":["love","pigs","virtue","women"],"id":39136,"author_id":"Tim+Willocks"},{"text":"More often than not, expecting to lose weight without first losing the diet that made the weight loss necessary is like expecting a pig to be spotless after hosing it down while it was still rolling in mud.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","africa","african","anorexia","anorexic","aphorism","aphorisms","appetite","axiom","axioms","bmi","body-fat","body-mass-index","cheat-day","cheat-days","clean","deep","dictum","dictums","diet","dietician","dieticians","dietitian","dietitians","epigram","epigrams","exercise","exercises","fat","fatty","food","funny","gnome","gnomes","gym","gymnasium","health","healthy","hose","humor","humorous","humour","ingredient","ingredients","insightful","lean","lose-weight","made-me-think","make-you-think","maxim","maxims","mud","muscles","muscular","necessary","necessity","obese","obesity","overeat","overeater","overeating","overweight","philosopher","pig","pigs","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","of-the-day","quotes","recipe","recipes","roll","rolling","salad","salads","satire","satirical","saying","sayings","shred","shredded","skinny","south-africa","south-african","spotless","sugar","sugary","thought-provoking","thoughtful","underweight","watch-what-you-eat","weight","weight-loss","weight-to-height","weightlifter","weightlifting","workout"],"id":45938,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"One time I took my knife and sliced off the end of a hog’s nose, just like a piece of salami. The hog went crazy for a few seconds. Then it sat there looking kind of stupid. So I took a handful of salt and rubbed it on the wound. Now that hog really went nuts. It was my way of taking out frustration. Another time, there was a live hog in the pit. It hadn’t done anything wrong, wasn’t even running around. It was just alive. I took a three-foot chunk of pipe and I literally beat that hog to death. It was like I started hitting the hog and I couldn’t stop. And when I finally did stop, I’d expended all this energy and frustration, and I’m thinking what in God’s sweet name did I do.","author":"Gail A. Eisnitz","tags":["animals","brutality","cruelty","frustration","meat","pigs","sadism","slaughterhouse","vegetarianism","violence"],"id":197571,"author_id":"Gail+A.+Eisnitz"},{"text":"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["animals","cats","dogs","equality","pigs","respect"],"id":266606,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"},{"text":"Yes, we praise women over 40 for a multitude of reasons. Unfortunately, it's not reciprocal. For every stunning, smart, well-coiffed, hot woman over 40, there is a bald, paunchy relic in yellow pants making a fool of himself with some 22-year old waitress. Ladies, I apologize. For all those men who say, 'Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?', here's an update for you. Nowadays 80% of women are against marriage. Why? Because women realize it's not worth buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage!","author":"Andy Rooney","tags":["age","cows","marriage","men","pigs","sausage","women"],"id":276277,"author_id":"Andy+Rooney"},{"text":"While most people love certain species to pieces (e.G. Cats and dogs), others are more loved in pieces (e.G. Cows and pigs).","author":"Mango Wodzak","tags":["bias","cats","cows","dogs","pets","pigs","speciesism","vegan","veganism"],"id":278477,"author_id":"Mango+Wodzak"},{"text":"I'm going to set up a Commission of Inquiry,' said the Sow. 'What's that?' asked Lorina.'It's a way of putting things off, said the Sow, 'in the hope that the problem will go away.","author":"David Henry Wilson","tags":["pigs","politics","truth"],"id":288421,"author_id":"David+Henry+Wilson"},{"text":"He lifts her breasts, which fit perfectly into his hands, though he knows this is no promise that he gets to keep them. A million things you can't have will fit in a human hand.","author":"Barbara Kingsolver","tags":["breasts","hand","heaven","love","pigs"],"id":293749,"author_id":"Barbara+Kingsolver"},{"text":"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.","author":"Winston S. Churchill","tags":["cats","dogs","pigs","sir-winston-churchill"],"id":330254,"author_id":"Winston+S.+Churchill"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":17,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}