How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it. (20.13)
Sewell is so passionate about the importance of kindness and compassion that she goes so far as to urge readers to use this compassion to actively help others. There's a difference between having compassion for someone's plight and actually doing something about it, and she wants to be sure readers understand that action is by far the better path.
Quote #8
I think she was pleased to see me, for she said, "You are the only friend I ever had." (40.8)
Ginger's love for Beauty is incredibly poignant because she doesn't have many other loving relationships that we see throughout the book. Their friendship and love for one another gives her a brief moment of comfort at the end of her life.
Quote #9
He and his old horse used to plod together along the street, like two good partners who understood each other […] Jerry said it was a comfort to think how happy an old horse might be in a poor place. (41.10)
Here's another example of the power of love: Jerry describes a very old man and his horse who pull a coal cart. They're extremely poor and the work is hard, but they love each other so much that the work seems bearable and they don't seem unhappy, despite the circumstances.