Dog Lover Quotes

“Dogs, lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you're going to lose a dog, and there's going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can't support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion. There's such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware that it comes with an unbearable price. Maybe loving dogs is a way we do penance for all the other illusions we allow ourselves and the mistakes we make because of those illusions.”
― Dean Koontz, The Darkest Evening of the Year

“Cindy, when you went to sleep this night, you did not know you would take the first step of the proverbial thousand-mile journey before the next dawn. You will need genuine strength for each step. Remember, truth is the only source of genuine strength on planet Earth.”
― Shafter Bailey, Cindy Divine: The Little Girl Who Frightened Kings

“I can’t get forensics over here to dig up the yard because my friend here, and her dog, didn’t hear a single thing. I don’t think they’ll go for it, Valerie.”
― Alyssa Hall, And Then I Heard the Quiet

“A dog is not a thing. A thing is replaceable. A dog is not. A thing is disposable. A dog is not. A thing doesn’t have a heart. A dog’s heart is bigger than any “thing” you can ever own.”
― Elizabeth Parker, Paw Prints in the Sand

“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.”
― Ben Williams

“If you live with dogs, you'll never run out of things to write about.”
― Sharon Delarose

“She’s the kind of big that comes with luscious curves that do all sorts of things to my imagination.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“If you’ve ever had a dog, you know.
You know what it’s like to be loved
just for being exactly who you are.

You could have nothing,
and you’d still be everything to them.
You could lose it all,
and they wouldn’t bat an eye
in the unconditional way
you can only understand
if you’ve ever had a dog.

You know how to find the good
in a slow walk in the rain,
even while you’re chilled to the bone.

You know that even on the worst day ever,
there’s a little happiness
on the other side of the door,
if only for a moment.

You know how to selflessly surrender
your last and best bite of food
without ever hearing a thank-you.
But you have felt the thank-yous endlessly.

If you’ve ever had a dog,
you’ve been a protector
and been protected.

You’ve been viewed as everything,
even in moments
when you’ve had nothing left to give.

Because in a world where you have a dog,
just putting your feet on the ground in the morning
is enough to be cheered on endlessly.

And if that’s not the kind of unwavering love
you need to feel like you’re enough,
I don’t know what is.

And if you’ve ever had a dog, you know
that the love is unconditional,
but the time you get is not.

And years are fast,
but dog years are faster.

If you’ve ever had a dog,
you will know
one of the greatest loves
and one of the greatest heartbreaks
is having a dog.

But you will carry the feeling of being loved,
just for being who you are,
until the end of time.

You will always know,
in some way or another,
that you are enough.

And it will be because
you had a dog.”
― Josie Balka, Loves of Our Lives: Poems for Hopeful Hearts

“Leaving the knitters behind, he strode down the aisle, dodging dogs—he would not be distracted by those adorable smiling pup faces and wagging tails, and oh, those floppy ears… not now, Finn!”
― Chandra Blumberg, Stirring Up Love

“You can take a girl out of the mountains, but not the mountains out of the girl.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“I don’t suppose it’s appropriate to notice the size, shape, and lushness of a woman’s ass, is it?”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“All those muscles and that gorgeous dark blond beard were wasted on a grump.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“He’s an ass. He is rude beyond imagination. His first words to me were, ‘You will work for me.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“This protective side of Lyle is doing things to me I’m finding it hard to acknowledge. This man isn’t a grinch. He is just a bear of a man, caring for his pup.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“Somewhere along the way I’ve fallen in love with the grinchiest grinch of them all.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“The less time I spend with her, the better, because when I’m with her I’m getting all these weird ideas of—us. Whatever this is, it’s beyond physical and it scares the crap out of me.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“So, it’s kind of obvious you like her,” he probes.
“Yeah.”
“So why are you sitting in a bar instead of lying in her bed?”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“Getting out of Lyle’s proximity will be good. On the other hand, I am not so sure. It feels like giving up on something that would be worth exploring.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“I am not getting paid to lust after my employer”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“The faintest sign of a smile plays around his lips—transforming him into the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. He is delectable!”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“Is it okay to go to my place?”
So maybe I’m not the only one dreaming this dream.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“She isn’t a lover, yet. I hope she will be by the end of the night”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“Condom! … I haven’t got one.”
Grace giggles and reaches under the pillow, retrieving a condom that I am sure I haven’t put there. “Does it make me a bad girl that
I’ve brought one?”
“Only one? That definitely makes you a bad girl.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything this beautiful, this perfect. And I for sure never have felt this deeply about anybody.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“This mountain man is a hugger!”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“Self-righteous cantankerousness,” she had said. I bristled indignantly at that. But she’s right. I’m an insufferable grump for no reason at all. Or maybe I scared her off because I was scared of those big feelings inside of me.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“It feels like the whole town has played me. And from the looks on people’s faces, that feeling is justified. So this has been the secret favor and the entire town has been in on it.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“May I blindfold you? I’d be asking you to hold still and not say a word but to let me do all the doing.”
― Ella Braeme, Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man

“If you’ve ever had a dog, you know.
You know what it’s like to be loved
just for being exactly who you are.

You could have nothing,
and you’d still be everything to them.
You could lose it all,
and they wouldn’t bat an eye
in the unconditional way
you can only understand
if you’ve ”
― Joise Balka

“If you’ve ever had a dog, you know.
You know what it’s like to be loved
just for being exactly who you are.

You could have nothing,
and you’d still be everything to them.
You could lose it all,
and they wouldn’t bat an eye
in the unconditional way
you can only understand
if you’ve ”
― Josie Balka, Loves of Our Lives: Poems for Hopeful Hearts