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Familiaris

Book by David Wroblewski · 3 quotes · Birth, Dogs, Hurt

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All Birth Dogs Hurt Outlandish Time Touch Wounds

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“You were always so good with the dogs, Mary -- you amazed me. When they were born, you were the first human being they met. Or I should say sensed, being blind and deaf. Your hands were the first to touch every dog that came into the world under our care, and I can't help but believe that made a difference. Both ways -- who would you have turned out to be if you hadn't touched all those newborn pups? Who would those pups have turned out to be if they hadn't met the world in your caress? You were at the tip of a very long lever, and if nurture really does trump nature, then every pup came into the world greeted by the scent of their mother and the touch of Mary Sawtelle. I believe they remembered you all their lives. I never told you that when we were traveling, but I could see it every time we walked up to a house or a yard: they knew me, but they remembered you.”

Birth Dogs Touch

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“John once claimed that the way to convince a person to do something outlandish was to ask them to do something even more outlandish.”

Outlandish

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“Time is a snake-oil remedy if you ask me. Some wounds just keep hurting as bad as they ever did. That's what I think.”

Time Hurt Wounds

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