On living with horses....

Once you understand how a horse communicates, you can understand how he thinks. Once you understand how he thinks, you can understand what's important to him. Anybody can force a horse to do what they want. But if you force him to do it, it won't be important to him to do it right. He'll do it almost right some of the time. He'll do just enough to get by. But if you show him what you want and then reward him when he does it just right, it will become important to him to do the right thing every time.

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On people who love horses...

If you have it, it is for life. It is a disease for which there is no cure. You still go on riding even after they have to haul you on to a comfortable wise old cob, with feet like inverted buckets and a back like a fireside chair...When I can't ride anymore, I shall still keep horses as long as I can hobble about with a wheelbarrow. When I can't hobble, I shall roll my wheelchair out to the fence of the field where my horses graze, and watch them.

-Monica Dickens, the great-granddaughter of author Charles Dickens, in her book, Talking of Horses

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