There is a drop of blood in the snow before me…. The coyote… is in estrus…. spurred to let out a bit of herself, sending a message, telling everyone she was now ready, that the clock of her winter was ticking toward spring. – Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild

It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being. – Henry David Thoreau

The owl of ignorance lays the egg of pride. – Proverb