"What do dogs want? They want each other. Human beings are merely a cynomorphic substitute ..."

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Source : Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (1996). “The Hidden Life Of Dogs”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

#Dog Quotes #Want Quotes #Substitutes Quotes

“The hardest habit of all to break is the terrible habit of happiness.”
“I think the nine justices think the solicitor general is the 35th clerk.”
“He answered, "The woman whom You gave to be with me" (Gen 3:9-12), he did not say, "the woman deceived me," but "The woman whom You gave to me," as if he wanted to say: "This catastrophe has come upon me because of You." So it is, brethren, since Man is not accustomed to blame himself. He does not hesitate to consider even God as the cause of evil.”
“Dreams are the way to unfulfilled wishes in the individual; visions are the way to unfulfilled dreams in mankind.”
“The way I see it people don't do what they want to do often enough. They just do some alternative which they'd kind of like to do, which isn't the same thing at all, and as a result that thing isn't enough and they end up depressed and annoyed with everyone else around them.”

Source : Will Davis (2010). “My Side of the Story”, p.114, Bloomsbury Publishing
“You can't win unless you first begin. So start now”
“On balance, the use of encryption, just like the use of good locks on doors, has the net effect of preventing a lot more crime than it might assist.”
“I would not like to live in a world without cathedrals. I need their beauty and grandeur. I need their imperious silence. I need it against the witless bellowing of the barracks yard and the witty chatter of the yes-men. I want to hear the rustling of the organ, this deluge of ethereal notes. I need it against the shrill farce of marches.”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2009). “Night Train To Lisbon”, p.85, Atlantic Books Ltd

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