How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"We all get hungry. Congolese people are not so different from Congolese ants." (3.21.12)
Anatole takes an attitude similar to Adah here: even ants have to eat. And as we see later, the humans are like the ants when they do their hunt. They burn the ground, trap the animals, and strip them of their flesh.
Quote #8
The death of something living is the price of our survival, and we pay it again and again. We have no choice. It is the one solemn promise every life on earth is born and bound to keep. (4.3.12)
This is Adah's observation after the hunt, and this is probably why she had a so-what attitude about the lion. If humans will kill and eat animals without a second thought, why shouldn't animals be allowed a fair crack at humans?
Quote #9
My household would pass through the great digestive tract of Kilanga and turn into sights unseen. (5.Prologue.1)
If you don't get eaten by lions or ants or snakes, you can still get eaten by the jungle itself—and transformed in the process. At least Orleanna's still alive at the end of it.