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I told him about the way they get to know you. Not the way people do, the way they flatter you by wanting to know every last thing about you, only it isn't a compliment, it is just efficient, a person getting more quickly to the end of you. Correction - dogs do want to know every last thing about you. They take in the smell of you, they know from the next room, asleep, when a mood settles over you. The difference is there's not an end to it.

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Sometimes I can better describe a person by another person's reaction. In a story in my first book, I couldn't think of a way to sufficiently describ…

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I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good story.

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For peace of mind, I will lie about any thing at any time.

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We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.

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I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her trainers must have thri…

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They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey.

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An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.

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Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.

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I get rational when I panic.

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