“I think we are drawn to dogs because they are the uninhibited creatures we might be if we weren't certain we knew better.”

“We weren't creatures from another planet. We were creatures from Hell.”

“We cried because we had lost something and gained something else. And because it hurt both losing and gaining. And because we knew what we had lost but weren't as yet able to put into words what it was we had gained.”

“I think we ought to do all we can to make these creatures friendly. It might turn out to be well worth the trouble.”

“The worst predijudice is unknowing. We think we treat others as equals, but, in our deepest heart, we regard ourselves as superior. In part, this is because we are, in ways, powerful. But that does not make the race of humans (funanga) better than that of the dog or equine.”

“We were the ones on scene when everything went down. We weren't better. We weren't worse. We were just the ones standing in the blast radius.”