“Some assistance dogs also wear harnesses that have a large solid, handle, intended for use instead of a leash.”

“I've often been accused of harnessing genre strategies to mainstream ends. I do concede that relationships, characters, and introspection are my primary interest. The fanciful is of a secondary order of importance; I usually use it to approach the large issue of perception, so that my fantastical elements, while intended as real within the stories, occupy some borderland between reality and psychology.”

“I have a feeling we're mooning a mean junkyard dog, all brave and laughing - until the dog's leash breaks”

“a prank a day keeps the dog leash away.”

“The intentions of a tool are what it does. A hammer intends to strike, a vise intends to hold fast, a lever intends to lift. They are what it is made for. But sometimes a tool may have other uses that you don't know. Sometimes in doing what you intend, you also do what the knife intends, without knowing.”

“When you walk a dog on a short leash, she's close enough to bite you.”