Being polite is not only the right way to respond to people but also the easiest. Life is so filled with unavoidable conflict that I see no reason to promote more confrontations.

The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.

Petting, scratching, and cuddling a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer.

Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself.

And the funny thing was if you made the best of it, if you smiled through every storm, the bad things were never as terrible as you expected them to be, and the good things were better than anything you could have wished for yourself.

A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in.

Your mind always does worse things than people can show in a movie.