“She appreciated the fact that the wolf did not caper, bow down, yelp, or slaver on her, in the slavish and inconsiderate way of dogs. The wolf was no whore for man's approval. He fed himself.”
“Slowly, deliberately, the dog turned from the black wolf and walked toward the man. He was a dog, and dogs chose men.”
“A wolf was no less a wolf because a whim of chance caused him to run with the watch-dogs.”
“A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf.”
“When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes. The dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten.”
“The birthing wolf,Her heart fed with tenderness,Gave forth from ripe brown nipples,Food to feed the universe.”