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1. "And this is what happened, ands this is why the caribou and the wolf are one; for the caribou feeds the wolf, but it is the wolf that keeps the caribou strong." ~ Farley Mowat

2. "Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace." ~ Farley Mowat

3. "It is to this new-found resolution to reassert our indivisibility with life, to recognize the obligations incumbent upon us as the most powerful and deadly species ever to exist, and to begin making amends for the havoc we have wrought, that my own hopes for a revival and continuance of life on earth now turn. If we persevere in this new way we may succeed in making man humane ... at last." ~ Farley Mowat

4. "We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be –the mythologized epitome of a savage ruthless killer – which is, in reality, no more than a reflected image of ourself." ~ Farley Mowat

5. "Somewhere to the eastward a wolf howled; lightly, questioningly. I knew the voice, for I had heard it many times before. It was George, sounding the wasteland for an echo from the missing members of his family. But for me it was a voice which spoke of the lost world which once was ours before we chose the alien role; a world which I had glimpsed and almost entered...only to be exclued, at the end, by my own self." ~ Farley Mowat

6. "And so the pact of timelessness between us was broken and I went from him into the darkening tunnel of the years." ~ Farley Mowat

7. "The frozen fish were later put in deep holes in the moss and covered over to keep until they were needed." ~ Farley Mowat

8. "Jamie was quick to see a use for the ice sheet." ~ Farley Mowat

9. "The new plan looked like the answer." ~ Farley Mowat

10. "Then he jumped up and shouted." ~ Farley Mowat

11. "I'll braid you one." ~ Farley Mowat

12. "I wonder now… were my tears for Alex and Al and all the others who had gone and who were yet to go? Or was I weeping for myself…and those who would remain?" ~ Farley Mowat

13. "Whenever and wherever men have engaged in the mindless slaughter of animals (including other men), they have often attempted to justify their acts by attributing the most vicious or revolting qualities to those they would destory; and the less reason there is for the slaughter, the greater the campaign for vilification." ~ Farley Mowat

14. "I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one." ~ Farley Mowat

15. "Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die." ~ Farley Mowat

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Bit by bit, Dr. Driscoll helped me to peel away the layers of protection I had built up over the years. The process was not that unlike the peeling of an onion, which also makes us cry. It has been a painful journey, and I don't now when it will end, when I can say, "OK, it's over." Maybe never. Maybe sooner than I know. I recently told Dr. Driscoll that I feel the beginnings of feeling OK, that this is the right path."
Author: Charles L. Bailey Jr.