Jessica Pierce > Quotes

“No dog has ever said a word, but that doesn’t mean they live outside the world of speech. . . . To choose to live with a dog is to agree to a long process of interpretation—a mutual agreement, though the human being holds most of the cards.”
― Jessica Pierce, The Last Walk: Reflections on Our Pets at the End of Their Lives

“With all its eyes the creature sees    the Open. Only our eyes are    as though reversed, and placed all around them    as traps, encircling their free exit.”
― Jessica Pierce, The Last Walk: Reflections on Our Pets at the End of Their Lives

“Love for a wordless creature, once it takes hold, is an enchantment, and the enchanted speak, famously, in private mutterings, cryptic riddles, or gibberish.”
― Jessica Pierce, The Last Walk: Reflections on Our Pets at the End of Their Lives