Jasmine

“Because dogs live in the present. Because dogs don’t hold grudges. Because dogs let go of all of their anger daily, hourly, and never let it fester. They absolve and forgive with each passing minute. Every turn of a corner is the opportunity for a clean slate. Every bounce of a ball brings joy and the promise of a fresh chase.”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

“Grief is a pathological condition. It’s just that so many of us go through it in life that we never think to treat it as such.”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

“Somewhere, sometime, I stopped really living. I stopped really trying. And I don't understand why.”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus

“And then on the very last night of my twenties, when I held my new puppy in my arms, I broke down in tears. Because I had fallen in love. Not somewhat in love. Not partly in love. Not in a limited amount. I fell fully in love with a creature I had known for all of nine hours. I”
― Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus