Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.
John GalsworthyIt is by muteness that a dog becomes for one so utterly beyond value; with him one is at peace, where words play no torturing tricks.Those are the moments that I think are precious to a dog-when, with his adoring soul coming through his eyes, he feels that you are really thinking of him.
John GalsworthyDreaming is the poetry of Life, and we must be forgiven if we indulge in it a little.
John GalsworthyReligion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed.
John Galsworthy