#wolves

Before he can become a wolf, the lycanthrope strips naked. If you spy a naked man among the pines, you must run as if the Devil were after you. ↗

— Angela Carter

#wolf #wolves #short-story

We have doomed the wolf not for what it is, but for what we deliberately and mistakenly perceive it to be –the mythologized epitome of a savage ruthless killer – which is, in reality, no more than a reflected image of ourself. ↗

— Farley Mowat

#wolves #mythology

I'm out to change people's attitudes about them. Wolves are a whole lot more than just predators who feast on a rancher's herd. They're smart and clever and loyal and courageours, and sometimes they do really stupid, silly things, just like people. ↗

— R.C. Ryan

#wolves #wyoming #attitude

That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#cub #get #her #living #mother

The race of man, while sheep in credulity, are wolves for conformity. ↗

— Carl Van Doren

#credulity #man #race #sheep #while

So much enthusiasm about the non-existence of God is somewhat bewildering, as no one appears to be nearly as excited about a similar absence of belief in unicorns, vampires, werewolves, astrology, nation-building, or the Labor Theory of Value. Nor is anyone dedicating much of their time to writing books and giving speeches at universities and conferences with the avowed goal of convincing others not to believe in them either. ↗

— Vox Day

#theism #werewolves

Given the way his night had been going so far, he didn't have time to go to jail. ↗

— Christine Warren

#walker #werewolves #werewolves

Tolerence ought to be humanities community and knowledge should be an individuals goal. ↗

— Clarrissa Lee Moon

#paranormal #paranormal-action #paranormal-romance #vampires #werewolves

I watched her and I watched the birds' shadows flit across her face, and I...wanted. I wanted more happy memories to hang up on the ceiling, so many happy memories with this girl that they would crowd the ceiling and flap out into the hall and burst out of the house. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#romance #werewolves #werewolves

And thus Charles found himself wandering around a hotel, trailing federal agents as he held a cardboard coffee cup holder in each hand, instead of out killing misbehaving werewolves. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#charles-cornick #coffee #fair-game #humor #plans