"Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen;……" — N. Scott Momaday
"Coyotes have the gift of seldom being seen; they keep to the edge of vision and beyond, loping in and out of cover on the plains and highlands. And at night, when the whole world belongs to them, they parley at the river with the dogs, their higher, sharper voices full of authority and rebuke. They are an old council of clowns, and they are listened to."
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31 Quotes by N. Scott Momaday
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