Quotes from Farley Mowat

Jamie was quick to see a use for the ice sheet.

Then he jumped up and shouted.

I'll braid you one.

I suppose that at some early moment of his existence he concluded that there was no future in being a dog. And so, with the tenacity which marked his every act, he set himself to become something else. Subconsciously he no longer believed that he was a dog at all, yet he did not feel, as so many foolish canines appear to do, that he was human. He was tolerant of both species, but he claimed kin to neither.

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 the reflected image of ourself. We have made it the scapewolf for our own sins.

But if the wolves are too numerous, or food is scarce, the number of pups in a litter may fall to as few as one or two.

Whenever and wherever men have engaged in the mindless slaughter of animals (including other men), they have often attempted to justify their acts by attributing the most vicious or revolting qualities to those they would destroy; and the less reason there is for the slaughter, the greater the campaign of vilification.

Muddy Hole was not connected to St. John's at all except by a tenuous trail which, it is believed, was made some centuries ago by a very old caribou who was not only blind but also afflicted with the staggers.

I never let the facts get in the way of the truth!

Don't let the facts interfere with the truth.

Truth I have no trouble with, it's the facts I get all screwed up.

Inaction will cause a man to sink into the slough of despond and vanish without a trace.

The wolf never kills for fun, which is probably one of the main differences distinguishing him from man.