Donald McCaig quotes
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“Humans have externalized their wisdom-stored it in museums, libraries, the expertise of the learned. Dog wisdom is inside the blood and bones.”
-- Donald McCaigSource : Donald McCaig (2014). “Nop's Trials: A Novel”, p.136, Open Road Media
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“More often than we care to admit, inconsequential decisions change our lives.”
-- Donald McCaigSource : Donald McCaig (2007). “Rhett Butler's People”, p.122, Macmillan
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“I have a writer’s concentration: intense, but flickering.”
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“There is no more off-leash reliable, calm, sophisticated, go-with-you-anywhere dog than a trained sheepdog.”
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“People often wonder just what trainers give the sheepdog in exchange for its boundless willingness. Food treats and praise sit on the trainer's shelf, untouched, unused. The sheepdog is shown its possibilities, he learns what life is like for a good dog and is invited to walk in a rational world whose farthest boundaries are defined by grace.”
-- Donald McCaigSource : Donald McCaig (2014). “Nop's Hope: A Novel”, p.122, Open Road Media
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“It has been 20,000 years since man and dog formed their partnership.”
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“Hell yes! Gentle birth’s got to be good for something!”
-- Donald McCaigSource : Donald McCaig (2007). “Rhett Butler's People”, p.10, Macmillan
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“I have a writer’s concentration: intense, but flickering.”
-- Donald McCaigSource : Donald McCaig (1998). “Eminent Dogs, Dangerous Men”
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Source : Adam Rapp (2010). “Punkzilla”, p.2, Candlewick Press
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“Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood.”
Source : "Best Story; Narrate Or Die" by A.S. Byatt, www.nytimes.com. April 18, 1999.
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