Distance Quote by Michael Delaware

“If he was to be treated no better than an animal, he would at least learn the limits of his cage.”

— Shira Anthony

“I think of animals in cages, pressed close against each other.”

— Will Christopher Baer

“Without hesitating, he said, “Can you tell me something? These animals that are just running around out here . . . they couldn’t be…

— Lee H. Whittlesey

“He did run some, but I stopped him, my lord. Like, just now. In front of you. Right over there.”

— Jim Butcher

“Luckily, the clever pets had managed to escape.”

— Daisy Meadows

“I ran after him, but he was already back with the others. My footsteps echoed in the hollow space below the dock. I stopped.…

— Megan Shepherd

“He couldn't move. Running would get him killed. Fighting would get him killed. …Standing where he was, trembling and sweating, would get him killed.”

— Ruth Ford Elward

“Then he had run, unarmed and bleeding, trusting to the maze like confusion of the ruins to evade the monster behind him.”

— John Flanagan

“Like a bullet out of a gun. His big paws had caught the dog before the dog could even flinch.”

— Michael Grant

“Animals don't escape to somewhere, but from something.”

— Martel, Yann

“I cautiously approach him on the bed, thinking about all the times I've been taught what to do when approaching a wounded animal.”

— Kimberly Lauren

“He must have felt a disturbance just beyond the boundless world his eyes perceived. Maybe like dogs we know when we are being hunted.”

— Garth Risk Hallberg