José

“Ideals, my girl,” she says. “Always easier to believe in than live.” “But if you don’t at least try to live them,” Bradley says, “then there’s no point in living at all.”
― Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men

“This is all common knowledge but, as I very much doubt, the public at large are aware of what is the real and proper function of the Terrier, I shall make an attempt to give a picture of it. From the earliest times the Terrier was used to bolt Foxes, work to Badger and Otter and to kill vermin generally, and it was not until the latter half of the last century that the Show Bench came into being and artificial interest in the dog.…” (emphasis added). Sparrow’s lament is as true today as it was over 100 years ago; many terrier owners have no idea why their terriers behave as they do or the amount of work it can take to live with the typical terrier. The average dog owner has lost touch with the fact that, regardless of the lifestyles we now provide for them, our dogs are still, first and foremost, dogs.”
― Dawn Antoniak-Mitchell, Terrier-Centric Dog Training: From Tenacious to Tremendous

“soft man who made himself a hard man by drinking whisky in the classroom”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“I think something innate in us understands that seeking the good of society is usually best for the individual as well. Humankind is noble, when we give it the chance to be. That nobility is something that exists independent of any god’s decree.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings