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"Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent."

"The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery."

"Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants."

"Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are."
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"May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery."


"Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best."


"Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself."


"Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it."


"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons."


"The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer."


"I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them."
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