“The salon existed in opposition to university lecture halls. Guests believed that knowledge and culture could both be enhanced via intelligent dialogue.”
“Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people–they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are they liberated: they oppress.”
Would you like a piece?” asked Lotta. The dog could hardly believe it. He nodded. Before Lotta could take a third bite of her piece of the cake, the dog had eaten his up. The dog licked the crumbs that had fallen onto the ground. “You’re not from here, are you?” “No,” said the dog, “I’m not from here.”
“Big Cat ran through the woods. ‘How beautiful... is that a flower?’ Little Fish asked. ‘Yeah, that’s a flower,’ Big Cat said. ‘Is that a bird?’ ‘Yeah,’ Big Cat snarled.”
“The story is told almost entirely through dialogue, giving lively energy to the petty bickering and narrow-mindedness that stand in the way of a woodland friendship.”
“I don’t understand what you mean,′ said the owl. – I always sleep during the day.
‘That’s weird,’ said the duck. – At night you sleep.
– Sleep at night, you say? No way! The night is too exciting to be spent sleeping. It’s when it’s dark, it’s when your eyes get wide, and you expect something to eat.”