Being patted is what it is all about.

We are the ones who have high blood pressure, ulcers, and heart attacks, not cats.

Anyone who has owned many cats in long succession can define his or her life as a series of furry episodes.

Try throwing a ball just once for a dog. It would be like eating only one peanut or potato chip. Try to ignore the importuning of a Golden Retriever who has brought you his tennis ball, the greatest treasure he possesses!

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

For me a house or an apartment becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.

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.