"When you write about animals, of course, you……" — Jon Katz
"When you write about animals, of course, you are really writing about the people who love and live with them. Animals mirror and reveal us. Dogs in particular are often reflections of us, and what we need them to be."
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20 Quotes by Jon Katz
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Dogs are born knowing exactly what they want to do: eat, scratch, roll in disgusting stuff, sniff and squabble with…
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If you're going to love animals and have a life with them, the odds are you're going to lose them.…
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Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.
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Americans have an extraordinary love-hate relationship with the rich culture they've created. They buy, watch and read it even as…
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It is difficult to see ourselves as we are. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have good friends, lovers or…
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I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them…
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We are human, and we suffer, and unlike the animals on the farm, we are self-aware, and we know that…
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The immature conscience is not its own master. It simply parrots the decisions of others. It does not make judgments…
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It is possible to take something beautiful and lasting out of the heart-wrenching experience of seeing the animal you love…
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My goats are not contemplative, accepting, or introspective. They are the Greek chorus of my farm, sometimes of my life.…
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When I wrote about media and technology, I had a lot of lonely, even intimate book talks. Since writing about…
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Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life.
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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
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