YOU CANNOT REMAIN UNMOVED BY THE GENTLENESS AND CONFORMATION OF A WELL-BRED AND WELL-TRAINED HORSE --- MORE THAN A THOUSAND POUNDS OF BIG-BONED, WELL-MUSCLED ANIMAL. SLICK OF COAT AND SWEET OF SMELL, OBEDIENT AND MANNERLY, AND YET FOREVER A MENACE WITH ITS INNOCENT POWER AND INERADICABLE INCLINATION TO SEEK REFUGE IN FLIGHT, AND ALWAYS A BURDEN WITH ITS NEED TO BE FED, WORMED, AND SHOD, WITH ITS LIABILITY TO CUTS AND INFECTIONS, TO LAMING AND HEAVES. BUT WHEN IT GREETS YOU WITH A NICKER, NUZZLES YOUR CHEST, AND REGARDS YOU WITH A LARGE AND LIQUID EYE, THE QUESTION OF WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO HAS BEEN ANSWERED.

Albert Borgmann - "Crossing the Postmodern Divide" - 1992