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There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.

There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.

Jane Lindskold
Strong, Enemy, Retreat

Is she become a rag doll? Are the wolves become children? It seems quite possible, there on the twilight fringes of dying. With some faint spark of herself, the little girl holds on to the idea. Even a rag doll has more life than does a dying child.

Jane Lindskold
Girl, Children, Twilight
Jane Lindskold (2002). “Through Wolf's Eyes”, p.211, Macmillan

Well done, Sister," Blind Seer said. "I look forward to meeting this One above Ones. Now, you must make ready. I, of course, am already perfect.

Jane Lindskold
Perfect, Looks, Done
Jane Lindskold (2002). “Through Wolf's Eyes”, p.132, Macmillan

For his part, Blind Seer had no difficulty accepting idleness. A wolf proverb stated: “Hunt when hungry, sleep when not, for hunger always returns.

Jane Lindskold
Sleep, Return, Hunger
Jane Lindskold (2002). “Through Wolf's Eyes”, p.227, Macmillan

Firekeeper still could not understand the human penchant for eating in company. Even less so, she could not understand the human desire to combine business and meals. True, a wolf pack shared a kill, but not from any great desire to do so—rather because any who departed the scene would be unlikely to get a share... She struggled...not to bolt her food and almost always remembered that growling when a person spoke to you was not a proper response.

Jane Lindskold
Departed, Desire, Wolf Packs

I thought," Shad said slowly, "that she was offended if you referred to Blind Seer or Elation as her pets.""True," Derian assured him. "Absolutely the correct etiquette-to her face. However, well... When I first met Firekeeper, less than a year ago, her relationships with animals fell into pretty much two categories: those you ate and those you befriended. I remember that she thought we were pretty clever for bringing horses along so we wouldn't need to hunt our meat. It took me a while to show her they had other uses.

Jane Lindskold
Horse, Clever, Animal

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