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The only skill he had left, the only gift which had been enriched by drink, age and failure, was poetry. The sand of his mind beach was rich in words, the mead of Odin flowed in his breast. Grimur could forge tongue swords to cut open the
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“But let us, in the way of Labradors, be upbeat and optimistic and think more about what dogs bring us than what they leave. Besides, there is a cycle of rebirth with dogs. Not a literal reincarnation, but no matter how much you love one single dog, another can appear and take over the vital task performed entirely unwittingly but oh so reliably--to give us love and to receive it and to help steer us through this strange world. We will always hold on to the memories of the ones we have had but also let another come in, one who will pick things up as if to say, "It's okay... it's my turn now." And that is the power of a dog.”
― Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs
― Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs
“It was a frightening thing to do, but if one did nothing -- well, that was frightening too.”
― Across 5 Aprils
― Across 5 Aprils
“when both can’t be true. In 1946, in the days after World War II, presidential advisor Bernard Baruch said, “Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” Variations have been uttered by U.S. Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger, U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and others. Today this seemingly indisputable truth no longer holds. Propaganda is indistinguishable from fact and we find ourselves living in the frightening pages of a George Orwell novel.”
― Buckley vs. Vidal: The Historic 1968 ABC News Debates
― Buckley vs. Vidal: The Historic 1968 ABC News Debates
“Whoever knows you when you are young can look inside you and see the person you once were, and maybe still are at certain times.”
― The Marriage of Opposites
― The Marriage of Opposites
“So yes, I know what it means when I come in to be met by the tapping of tails on the floor. It's the same thing I know when I'm in another room in the evening and there is a whinny at the door, which is opened to let Olive trot in and curl up in the bed beside my sofa. I know it when she is caught in a quiet reverie, simply staring at me. Yes, her thoughts may often be tangled up with equally strong Labrador feelings of wanting stuff, but I know there is also a deep content, perhaps a sensation of safety and affection. I hear it when she sighs a long, happy exhalation in her bed. I see it when she comes to sit next to me and I feel it when she leans, ever so slightly, against my legs. I just know.”
― Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs
― Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with Two Very Good Dogs
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