“Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished.”
― A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
― A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog
“Talk to her, goddamnit. She ain't a stick of furniture. She is one of God's creatures, and she will hear you. I see these goddamned people walkin' dogs, yakking on their phones, makes me wanna kick their sissy asses. What they got a dog for, they want to talk on their phones? That dog there will understand you, Officer James. She will understand what's in your heart. Am I just shouting at the grass and dog shit out here, or are you reading what I am telling you?”
― Suspect
― Suspect
“Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love.”
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“A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than an owner can express with his tongue in hours.”
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“They had buried him under our elm tree, they said -- yet this was not totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.”
― My Dog Skip
― My Dog Skip
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