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1 " he knows that it's impossible to tell a wolffrom a man ifhe keeps his chin upand his teeth clean. "
― Toby Barlow , Sharp Teeth
2 " The secret must stay and- according to scientists- the love will live. The heart is quite comfortable with secrets. After all, its home is a dark wet place tucked in among all the other organs who aren't talking either. "
3 " The bullet we're running from is almost never the one that hits us. "
4 " Call him Judas if you wantbut he did it for reasonsmuch older than silver. "
5 " And were you cornered by her,eye to eye,you would see thatthere are still some watchful creatureswhose essence lies unbound by words.There is still a wilderness. "
6 " Some things don't pass, the injuries don't heal they merely find a place in our guts and in our bones where they fitfully rest, tossing and turning between our knuckles and ribs waiting to wake as the shadows grow long. "
7 " That's what love does/ It chases the dragons away/ before their claws can sink in. "
8 " Everyone is always looking in the wrong direction,we worry about our lovers while losing our jobswe stress out about cancer while our children run awaywe ponder the stars while burning the earth.Lark used to say the buller we're running fromis almost never the one that hits us. "
9 " As she stared at the ceiling that first nighther body softly falling back into itself,she thought of how we dream of journeyingon spaceships to other universes, other worlds,but really, for the forever,we're stuck here on the dirt andthe only time we will travel anywhere truly unknowableis when we slip into the skin of another,venturing into their mysteries,always hoping fora safe landing. "
10 " There are two things that makethe conscious world move,decision and desire. "
11 " You either trust or you distrust coincidence. It 's either small doses of magic pulling you to your appointed destiny or the devil trying to lead you down to the thorns. "
12 " Like so much of the trouble in the worldit ends simply with exhaustion. "
13 " The theory is simple.Every boy, every man, is reallya bit of a golden retrieveror a big chocolate Lab.Watch any man's eyesat the bounce of a ball.His head tilts slightly sideways, just a hair,as a primitive focuscomes to life. "
14 " Each dog marks a section of our lives, and in the end, we feed them to the dark, burying them there while we carry on. "
15 " He said, You know, whoever hurt youdies every time they look in the mirror.That is how they pay."She crossed her arms."And one day, Maria, you will die too,but there's no reason for you to dieevery day. "
16 " Their love is eternal because time seems to have fled, embarrassed to be sharing such a small apartment with so much dumb affection. "
17 " Minimum wages tends to elicit minimum attention. "
18 " This coyote is a wily dog bornfrom ancient trickster bones,Loki, Hermes, the northwestern Raven of lore "
19 " MonkeysWhat! His partner said.Monkeys are funny, said Peabody.'So why didn't we we pick monkeys.His partner sighed and shook his head with sad dismay.Monkeys? Jesus.Monkeys' idea of fun is throwing their shit at you. Monkeys always take the joke a step too far. "
20 " But in all these tales the dog is the innocent shooting star we all wish upon until it burns up, aging fast and disappearing behind our jagged horizons. Each dog marks a section of our lives, and in the end, we feed them to the dark, burying them there while we carry on. "