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.

Being patted is what it is all about.

We derive immeasurable good, uncounted pleasures, enormous security, and many critical lessons about life by owning dogs.

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.

Cats virtually always underestimate human intelligence just as we, perhaps, underestimate theirs.

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