“ The real point is this: We don't know where to go because we don't know what we are. Do you want to go back to living in a sewer-pipe? And eating other people's garbage? Because that's what rats do. B… Robert C. O'Brien
“ I have lived in this tree, in this same hollow, the owl said, for more years than anyone can remember. But now, when the wind blows hard in winter and rocks the forest, I sit here in the dark, and fro… Robert C. O'Brien
“ Still, it seemed to us that the main reason we were hated must be that we always lived by stealing. From the earliest times, rats lived around the edges of human cities and farms, stowed away on men's… Robert C. O'Brien
“ When you’ve lived in a cage, you can’t bear not to run, even if what you’re running towards is an illusion. Robert C. O'Brien
“ C'était, pensa-t-elle, comme un doux peigne passant dans son cerveau, redressant les pensées et défaisant les nœuds. Robert C. O'Brien
“ Word gets around. You mean they communicate? A third voice. You bet they communicate. And the next time they do come, you can be sure they'll case the place carefully. We were lucky. These rats hadn't… Robert C. O'Brien
