“The fox barks not, when he would steal the lamb.”

“Some would say the Creator is a lamb. Some would say he's a lion. Some would say both. The fact is, he is neither a lamb nor a lion. These are fiction. Metaphors. Yet the Creator is both a lamb and a lion. These are both truths.”

Ted Dekker (1962) American writer

“When the Fox hears the Rabbit scream he comes a-runnin', but not to help.”

Thomas Harris The Silence of the Lambs

“When the lambs is lost in the mountain, he said. They is cry. Sometime come the mother. Sometime the wolf.”

Cormac McCarthy (1933) American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter

“When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.”

Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…

“An artist’s touches are sometimes no more articulate than the barking of a dog who would call attention to something without exactly knowing what. This is as it should be, and he is a great artist who can be depended on not to bark at nothing.”

Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist

“A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent”

John Calvin (1509–1564) French Protestant reformer

“The old dog barks backward without getting up;
I can remember when he was a pup.”

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

“The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers.”

Angela Carter (1940–1992) English novelist

“Shake paws, count your claws,
You steal mine, I'll borrow yours.
Watch my whiskers, check both ears.
Robber foxes have no fears.”

Brian Jacques (1939–2011) British fiction writer known for Redwall animal fantasy novels