“I'd soon crawl down a rabid badger's hole as crawl into your bedroll.”
“I wanted to crawl into a hole and die.I wanted to crawl into a hole at the bottom of a ravine, then be buried under an avalanche, and then die.I wanted... to cry.”
“The dachshund was evolved to chase badgers down holes, and the corgi to round up cattle. If anyone loses a herd of cattle down a badger hole, then these are just the dogs to get them out.”
“I could feel someone watching me. Eyes boring a hole in the back of my neck, crawling over my skin.”
“When life gets you down, improvise as if crawling was part of the choreography.”
“I felt that if he touched me, I'd die. and then the thought crawled into my brain that if he didn't touch me, I'd die.”