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Pg 177
In death as in life, the wolf that lived both beyond and among us would prove a magnet for human wrangles.
— Dec 10, 2018 08:19PM
In death as in life, the wolf that lived both beyond and among us would prove a magnet for human wrangles.
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Aqsa
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Pg 192
Years from now, we’ll tell this story: Once upon a time, there was a wolf called Romeo. Together, we watch him trot across the lake and fade into twilight. And we remember.
— Dec 11, 2018 11:25PM
Years from now, we’ll tell this story: Once upon a time, there was a wolf called Romeo. Together, we watch him trot across the lake and fade into twilight. And we remember.
Aqsa
is 79% done
Pg 190
But regardless of where or how he died, one essential fact seems clear:
the black wolf wasn’t killed by love, but by its determined, malignant inverse.
— Dec 11, 2018 11:25PM
But regardless of where or how he died, one essential fact seems clear:
the black wolf wasn’t killed by love, but by its determined, malignant inverse.
Aqsa
is 79% done
We endured the head shaking, pontificating, and outright ridicule of those who didn’t know or understand, and never would. Just a wolf, they said, as if he were a rusted-out truck or a pile of rotting wood. Move on.
That's the one of the worst things they can say.
— Dec 11, 2018 11:25PM
We endured the head shaking, pontificating, and outright ridicule of those who didn’t know or understand, and never would. Just a wolf, they said, as if he were a rusted-out truck or a pile of rotting wood. Move on.
That's the one of the worst things they can say.
Aqsa
is 79% done
Pg 189
That was the best the state could manage: it provided justice to neither wolf, nor dead bears, nor us—just to itself, on its own terms. The system had taken care of itself; it was up to us to do the same.
— Dec 11, 2018 11:24PM
That was the best the state could manage: it provided justice to neither wolf, nor dead bears, nor us—just to itself, on its own terms. The system had taken care of itself; it was up to us to do the same.
Aqsa
is 79% done
Pg 189
We gathered there, speaking in low tones, taking turns to stand near, brush a hand along his back, peer into sightless eyes, and whisper farewell. Though we’d known the wolf was gone, now we felt the ache of forever.
— Dec 11, 2018 11:24PM
We gathered there, speaking in low tones, taking turns to stand near, brush a hand along his back, peer into sightless eyes, and whisper farewell. Though we’d known the wolf was gone, now we felt the ache of forever.
Aqsa
is 78% done
Pg 188
but what about justice?
Even a child would know there was none, and never would be. We might as well have trusted some clumsy machine to restore life to a flower, reattach each petal, breathe life into its wilted stem.
— Dec 11, 2018 11:23PM
but what about justice?
Even a child would know there was none, and never would be. We might as well have trusted some clumsy machine to restore life to a flower, reattach each petal, breathe life into its wilted stem.
Aqsa
is 75% done
Pg 180
He had no idea that his aura of invincibility was about to implode.
I hope he got caught!
— Dec 11, 2018 11:23PM
He had no idea that his aura of invincibility was about to implode.
I hope he got caught!
Aqsa
is 69% done
Pg 166
All we could claim to know is what he did and where he went when we were watching; the balance of his life would remain wrapped in mystery. And that was the part of the wolf I loved best: not what I knew, but all that I didn’t.
— Dec 10, 2018 08:19PM
All we could claim to know is what he did and where he went when we were watching; the balance of his life would remain wrapped in mystery. And that was the part of the wolf I loved best: not what I knew, but all that I didn’t.
Aqsa
is 66% done
Pg 157
We asked ourselves, and sometimes each other, if he would one day simply vanish into the land, or if we would discover how and where his end came. And if we could choose to know or not, which would we rather?
I think it’s better to know. You can’t move on if you never know.
You keep thinking about their safety and it haunts us.
— Dec 10, 2018 08:18PM
We asked ourselves, and sometimes each other, if he would one day simply vanish into the land, or if we would discover how and where his end came. And if we could choose to know or not, which would we rather?
I think it’s better to know. You can’t move on if you never know.
You keep thinking about their safety and it haunts us.
Aqsa
is 59% done
Pg 142
I recall looking back as he dwindled to a dark point against the snow,
as if for the last time. I watched hard, hoping to remember.
This is so good. The writing. There sure are times when you focus on every detail so you might not forget. Taking a snapshot through your eyes and mind. Saving it.
— Dec 10, 2018 08:17PM
I recall looking back as he dwindled to a dark point against the snow,
as if for the last time. I watched hard, hoping to remember.
This is so good. The writing. There sure are times when you focus on every detail so you might not forget. Taking a snapshot through your eyes and mind. Saving it.
