Dogs
1. “They’re pretty wise, them dogs.” (Jack London, White Fang)
2. “Hands were things to keep away from. They hurled stones, wielded sticks and clubs and whips, administered slaps and clouts, and, when they touched him, were cunning to hurt with pinch and twist and wrench.” (Jack London, White Fang)
Doors
3. “When one door closes, another opens… into another room, another space, other happenings. There are many doors to open and close in our lives. Some doors we leave ajar, when we hope and plan to return. Some doors are slammed shut decisively – “No more of that!” Some are closed regretfully, softly – “It was good, but it is over.” Departures entail arrivals somewhere else. Closing a door, leaving it behind, means opening onto new vistas and ventures, new possibilities, new incentives.” (Helen Nearing, When One Door Opens)
Dreams
4. “Dreams aren’t real.” (Bethany Campbell, Hear No Evil)
5. “If the young cannot harbor great dreams in their souls, who can?” (Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi – Book One: The Way of the Samurai)
Drunkards
6. “A drunken man walks with great difficulty but he can run with no trouble at all. The quickened action gives him balance, and the momentum he gets holds him in the balance and in the road.” (James Stephens, The Wolf)
Duty
7. “To abandon duty is to destroy that which makes any individual unique and capable of prodigious feats.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
8. “We all have our jobs.” (Harold Robbins, The Piranhas)
9. “Duty is the essence of life, Nicholas. It is the only thing over which death has no dominion. It is true immortality.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
10. “Everyone must do his duty.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
