“The dog show emphasizes bloodline, appearance, and comportment, but money and breeding are never far from anyone's mind.” — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
When there is an invisible elephant in the room, one is from time to time bound to trip over a trunk. — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“The dogs came racing up the stairs. They danced at Rima's feet, frantic with the need to communicate something to her. Little… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“You can train any animal into any behavior on cue if it’s a natural behavior to begin with. Racism, sexism, speciesism—all natural… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“Besides, it was a high bed. The dogs could never have gotten into it without help. Maybe one could have stood with… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“He didn't believe animals could think, not in the way he defined the term, but he wasn't much impressed with human thinking,… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“What chimps don’t seem capable of understanding is the state of false belief. They don’t have a theory of mind that accounts… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
The sunset you see is always better than the one you don’t. More stars are always better than less. — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“Je zou maar slecht over hem gaan denken en dat wil ik niet, want dat is mijn taak” — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
I'm unclear on the definition of person the courts have been using. Something that sieves out dolphins but lets corporations slide on through. — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“The secret to a good life,” he told me once, “is to bring your A game to everything you do. Even if all you’re… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“So many problems, however infinitely varied they first appear, turn out to be matters of money. I can't tell you how much this offends… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“The world runs,” Lowell said, “on the fuel of this endless, fathomless misery. People know it, but they don’t mind what they don’t see.… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“I didn't want a world in which I had to choose between blind human babies and tortured monkey ones. To be frank, that's the… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“They never reminisced about the time they had to drive halfway back to Indianapolis because I’d left Dexter Poindexter, my terry-cloth penguin (threadbare, ravaged… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“Here is my objection to submarines and space travel: not enough windows. What difference does it make if you're in outer space or underwater,… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
. . . strange and fantastic things really happen. During a rainstorm in Australia, fish fall from the sky; several Southern states consider legislation… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
Every mother can easily imagine losing a child. Motherhood is always half loss anyway. The three-year-old is lost at five, the five-year-old at nine.… — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“...the world runs on the fuel of an endless, fathomless animal misery.” — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
“He envied the bark, which had been, in the course of one lifetime, both forest and fire. One endured; one destroyed.” — Karen Joy Fowler Copy Share Image
