Diane Esther is the foundation upon which an enlightened society must be built.

There are no words to thank her for her honesty, courage and insight. Then again, I think Diane wants no thanks because she understands the way sentience can operate. The suffering of sentience allows the sufferer to identify and empathize with any being who suffers: and all beings who suffer. The suffering of sentience seeks to alleviate suffering wherever it occurs. That, in itself, is the only measure of a realistic and compassionate life.

"In his thoughts, Herman spoke a eulogy for the mouse who had shared a portion of her life with him and who, because of him, had left this earth. 'What do they know--all these scholars, all these philosophers, all the leaders of the world-about such as you? They have convinced themselves that man, the worst transgressor of all the species, is the crown of creation. All other creatures were created merely to provide him with food, pelts, to be tormented, exterminated. In relation to them, all people are Nazis; for the animals it is an eternal Treblinka.' "

Isaac Bashevis Singer, Holocaust Survivor, in "The Letter Writer"