Planet of the Blind Quotes

“Who needs to read fast? In Nepal, when someone dies, their relatives string garlands of yellow flowers and float them across the sacred river, a bridge to the beyond. This is not assembly-line work. So I read slowly.”
― Stephen Kuusisto, Planet of the Blind

“Only fifty percent of the dogs who are bred and raised”
― Stephen Kuusisto, Planet of the Blind: A Memoir

“Imagine loving an animal for over a year and then one morning you get up and put it into a crate and drive it to the airport and send it to the guide dog school.”
― Stephen Kuusisto, Planet of the Blind: A Memoir