The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude.

Always laugh off a slight insult, so that people will understand what it means when you're not laughing.

It is not necessary to be strong in every place if in the place you are vulnerable, you are loved.

On a windswept hill by a billowing sea, my destiny sits and waits for me.

An old dog, even more than an old spouse, always feels like doing what you feel like doing.

In the end there doesn't have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to.

At some point you must decide if you want to succeed or just be someone who was never to blame for anything going wrong.