where you come from Quotes

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.” “Where do you come from, then?” “From far away,” said the dog. “Are you lost?” The dog thought carefully. There was probably a lot more cake back where she came from. And there were probably all the other tasty things he had dreamed of in windy barns on his travels: crispy chicken skin, bread with liver pâté, cream pudding and milk rice.

“But she did not forget her people. Each year she would come back, and she always brought her parents a colt.”

″‘Don’t let it stain you,’ Tia’s always said. But can’t she see? This place we’re from already has it’s prints on me.”