Books Quote by Alasdair Gray

“Meg gawked. “He—he really is a centaur.” “Well spotted,” I said. “I suppose the lower body of a horse is what gave him away?”…

— Rick Riordan

“From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as…

— George Gaylord Simpson

“You are a bloody-minded savage. I hope you are kidnapped by centaurs.”

— Tamora Pierce

“From the warmth of her fondness for her horse she constructed a fragile and changeable thing that almost resembled courage. She hoped it would…

— Kristin Cashore

“You could tell a horse everything, and it wouldn't judge you or condemn you or think you stupid. A horse had no opinion at…

— Adele Geras

“Yet both the horse and the piano knew her and didn’t care how she compared with her former self. They were hers. She was…

— Marie Rutkoski

“She was amazed Silveny had even let them get close enough to attach the reins. Clearly she needed to teach the glittering horse how…

— Shannon Messenger

“She was like a farmer who keeps horses in order to haul away the manure that they generate.”

— Paula Marantz Cohen

“The Mythical Mr. Boo is so mythical the he always likes to be the centaur of attention.”

— Jarod Kintz

“We have almost forgotten how strange a thing it is that something so huge & powerful & intelligent an animal as a horse should…

— Peter Gray

“Oh my,' Myron said to Hadrian as he twisted to get a better view. 'I don't even think of horses when I look at…

— Michael J. Sullivan

“I felt nothing like a horse, whose instincts I knew were to run and run. I had mostly in life tried to stand still…

— Lorrie Moore