Generally, or at least very often, people with a deep interest in animals are the best people around.

Being patted is what it is all about.

If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.

It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand.

Two would actually do it- two magic words that could replace all the religions in the world- two wonderful words that embrace all the powers and all of the energy we need to survive with each other and with our planet and with all the world's living creatures- don't hurt.

Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made.

It doesn't matter where you are in your own personal development, nor has it mattered where you have been culturally; dogs simply don't pass judgment on you the way all of the rest of life and all your other companions seem to.