Jane Lindskold Quotes

• There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.

  Jane Lindskold

  Strong, Enemy, Retreat

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• Is she become a rag doll? Are the wolves become children? It seems quite possible, there on the twilight fringes of dying. With some faint spark of herself, the little girl holds on to the idea. Even a rag doll has more life than does a dying child.

  Jane Lindskold

  Girl, Children, Twilight

  Jane Lindskold (2002). “Through Wolf's Eyes”, p.211, Macmillan

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• Well done, Sister," Blind Seer said. "I look forward to meeting this One above Ones. Now, you must make ready. I, of course, am already perfect.

  Jane Lindskold

  Perfect, Looks, Done

  Jane Lindskold (2002). “Through Wolf's Eyes”, p.132, Macmillan

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• For his part, Blind Seer had no difficulty accepting idleness. A wolf proverb stated: “Hunt when hungry, sleep when not, for hunger always returns.

  Jane Lindskold

  Sleep, Return, Hunger

  Jane Lindskold (2002). “Through Wolf's Eyes”, p.227, Macmillan

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• Firekeeper still could not understand the human penchant for eating in company. Even less so, she could not understand the human desire to combine business and meals. True, a wolf pack shared a kill, but not from any great desire to do so—rather because any who departed the scene would be unlikely to get a share... She struggled...not to bolt her food and almost always remembered that growling when a person spoke to you was not a proper response.

  Jane Lindskold

  Departed, Desire, Wolf Packs

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• I thought," Shad said slowly, "that she was offended if you referred to Blind Seer or Elation as her pets.""True," Derian assured him. "Absolutely the correct etiquette-to her face. However, well... When I first met Firekeeper, less than a year ago, her relationships with animals fell into pretty much two categories: those you ate and those you befriended. I remember that she thought we were pretty clever for bringing horses along so we wouldn't need to hunt our meat. It took me a while to show her they had other uses.

  Jane Lindskold

  Horse, Clever, Animal

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