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"He's afraid,' Graber said.'Yes, naturally. But he's a good dog.'And a man-eater.'We're all that.'Why?'We are. And we think, just like that dog, that we are still good. And just like him we are looking for a bit of warmth and light and friendship."
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"The first of 'Goose's Two Laws of Survival.' It runs thus, 'The weak are meat the strong do eat.' ... Henry grinned in the dark & cleared his throat. "The second law of survival states that there is no second law. Eat or be eaten. That's it."
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"The people who build high, strong fences are the ones who survive the best. You deny that reality only at the risk of being driven into the wilderness yourself."
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"The crowd, still shouting, gives way before us. We plough our way through. Women hold their aprons over their faces and go stumbling away. A roar of fury goes up. A wounded man is being carried off."
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