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Edward Hoagland

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In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.


— Edward Hoagland


#dog #enjoy #him #merely #oneself

Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same.


— Edward Hoagland


#behave #best #country #days #kind

Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.


— Edward Hoagland


#force #kick #like #talents #wakes

A writer's work is to witness things.


— Edward Hoagland


#witness #work #writer

Animals are stylized characters in a kind of old saga - stylized because even the most acute of them have little leeway as they play out their parts.


— Edward Hoagland


#because #characters #even #kind #leeway

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both try to cherish in their mind's eye the notion of a better life ahead.


— Edward Hoagland


#although #better #better life #both #buy

Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without the genocide of those Old Guard, bristling Indian tribes?


— Edward Hoagland


#genocide #guard #huddled #indian #indian tribes

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.


— Edward Hoagland


#chosen #many #more #none #people

Men greet each other with a sock on the arm, women with a hug, and the hug wears better in the long run.


— Edward Hoagland


#better #each #greet #hug #long

Once I climbed into a mountain lion's cage and she bounded at me and put her paw on my face, but she kept her claws withdrawn.


— Edward Hoagland


#cage #claws #climbed #face #her






About Edward Hoagland






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He helped to tend the big cats and later sold a novel about this experience Cat Man (1955) before graduating from Harvard in 1954. Edward Hoagland (born December 21 1932 in New York New York United States) is an author best known for his nature and travel writing. Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2011
John Burroughs Medal 2012


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Edward Hoagland (born December 21 1932 in New York New York United States) is an author best known for his nature and travel writing.

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