If a dog doesn't put you first where are you both? In what relation? A dog needs God. It lives by your glances, your wishes. It even shares your humor. This happens about the fifth year. If it doesn't happen you are only keeping an animal.
Enid BagnoldWhy do birds sing in the morning? It's the triumphant shout: 'We got through another night!'
Enid BagnoldThe pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.
Enid Bagnold