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“he thought people did not value their animals half enough, nor make friends of them as they ought to do”
― Anna Sewell, Black Beauty

“Dogs are our true friends, our angels, our teachers, our healers. They love us unconditionally, as God intended. If we look carefully, we can learn from them how to make the world a brighter and better place.”
― Leila Grandemange, Pawz and Pray: Finding Joy in the Journey with God, Family, and Furry Friends! 130 Inspiring Stories and Devotions for Dog Lovers

“If you’ll just sit and pet your cat - or somebody’s cat - find a cat, for God’s sake! Find a cat! Or anything furry - and let it train you into a frequency that will cause you to allow enlightenment.”
― Abraham Hicks

“People do not love pets that will outlive them. A short life is a condition for love.”
― Yukio Mishima, The Decay of the Angel

“Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem.â€� â€� A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

Rene Agredano and Jim Nelson listened. They listened with all their hearts...

(As quoted by MUTTS creator Patrick McDonnell in his foreword to "Be More Dog: Learning to Live in the Now")”
― Jim Nelson, Be More Dog: Learning to Live in the Now

“Without a word, my dog taught me the meaning of love.”
― Leila Grandemange, Pawz & Pray: Finding Joy in the Journey with God, Family, and Furry Friends!

“Life was never meant to be a race, rather a journey—to be enjoyed with God, and shared with those we love. These are the things that make life meaningful, leaving us satisfied, rather than wanting.”
― Leila Grandemange, Pawz and Pray: Finding Joy in the Journey with God, Family, and Furry Friends! 130 Inspiring Stories and Devotions for Dog Lovers

“What I do not know is the only thing I know, and in that paradox sits Trixie. I do not know what she was in the fullness of her being, other than a dog, but I know the effect she had on us, and I know that she was both flesh and mystery, and therefore I know that she was something more than I can know.”
― Dean Koontz, A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog

“Dogs love us unconditionally, as God intended. If we look carefully, we can learn from them how to make the world a brighter and better place.”
― Leila Grandemange, Pawz and Pray: Finding Joy in the Journey with God, Family, and Furry Friends! 130 Inspiring Stories and Devotions for Dog Lovers

“A cat needs a place as much as it needs a person to make its own.”
― Doris Lessing, On Cats

“Here tail moved, in another dimension, as if its tip was catching messages her other organs could not. She sat poised, air-light, looking, hearing, feeling, smelling, breathing, with all of her, fur, whiskers, ears---everything, in delicate vibration.”
― Doris Lessing, On Cats

“But before you call PETA, let me explain. I think all dogs should be off leashes, biting people! That's what they want to be doing, running in packs like the wild canines I saw in Bucharest that seem so happy to attack you, snarling and yapping when you get out of a cab. Dogs don't want to be home with their owners stuck in some sort of sick S&M relationship, sentenced to a lifetime of human caresses! How would you like to take a shit with someone following you around, waiting to pick it up with a plastic newspaper bag? Talk about humiliating! Also, I hate to tell you this, but can't you see? Your cat hates you”
― John Waters, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America

“A pet and a book and a bar of chocolate - what more could one want?”
― Michelle Granas, Amadea: One Spring in France

“Pets are our loving guides and our faithful companions.”
― Adrienne Posey

“We must celebrate our pets because they are truly what love is all about.”
― Adrienne Posey

“The vital function that pets fulfill in this world hasn't been fully recognized.
They keep millions of people sane. They have become Guardians of Being.”
― Eckhart Tolle, Guardians of Being

“There are many stories about seagoing cats. My research indicates that cats were domesticated about 9,500 years ago. I really don’t know anyone who was around at that time to verify this, but I also don’t have any reason to doubt this little bit of trivia. It is documented that the Egyptians who kept cats around to bring the good luck, also used them to catch thicket birds that lived in the tall grass along the riverbanks. I guess that these small birds were a treat and a welcome substitute for the usual river fish that the sailors would catch with hooks fashioned from bones. In time it was the Phoenicians who inadvertently brought cats from the middle east to Europe.
It seems that sailors had cats with them on their ships from the beginning of recorded history. They successfully used the excuse that the cats would keep the rat population under control. I don’t believe that this was really true since there are stories of where the cat befriended the rats, but in most cases the cats did keep the rats from invading their living spaces. Six-toed cats were thought to be better hunters and to this day many islands in remote areas are overrun by these cats and rats that managed to get ashore from ships that foundered along the island’s shore.
Sailors are notoriously superstitious and have always believed that cats can predict the weather and bring luck. There are many accounts concerning this and there may be some truth to this but you’ll have to be the judge. Because of their sensitive inner ears cats can sense barometric pressure drops, indicating foul weather and being warned frequently crawl into their safe hidey-hole prior to a storm.
A cat named Oscar, or Oskar in German, was the mascot on the German Battle Cruiser Bismarck when she was sunk by the British. Found floating on a wooden plank, Oskar was rescued by the crew of the British ship the HMS Cossack. No sooner recued and with Oskar renamed Oscar, the HMS Cossack was sunk by the Germans. This time Oscar was rescued by the crew of the HMS Arc Royal, which was then also sunk by the German navy. Not believing their bad luck the Brit’s blamed poor Oscar and renamed the cat to the German Oskar. Thinking Oskar to be the harbinger of bad luck they contacted the German Navy and offered to return their cat. The Germans refused the offer, so the British retired Oskar to a home in Plymouth, England. This time they banned poor Oskar from ever sailing on a British Naval Vessel again and changed his name to Sam.
The British Navy banned cats from sailing on British war ships in 1975. Even though the British Navy has banned cats from their ships, other countries and merchant ships still have cats aboard.”
― Captain Hank Bracker, "Salty & Saucy Maine",

“The shivering that had started six weeks before has turned into violent paroxysms. Let go, child, I whisper to her, as she drools bile and saliva, as her body rattles so hard I hear the emptiness inside. I want her to die; I want the decision not to be mine.”
― Shoba Narayan, The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure

“I think of Java today, not as a dog that simply existed in my family, died and was buried, but as a friend that brought me immense pleasure and unconditional love over the years.”
― Itayi Garande, Shattered Heart: Overcoming Death, Loss, Breakup and Separation

“If you want the best seat in the house, move the dog.”
― Chambray Blue, THE HOUSE

“At present, the ottoman was occupied by a pair of cats who eyed Alex with blasé effeteness. He stuck his hands in his pockets and eyed them back.
"Romeo and Juliet," she told him. "They used to be lovers, but since that visit to the vet they're just friends."
"Are they friendly?" he asked, stretching out a hand at Romeo's funny pushed-in face.
"They're cats," she said, grinning as Romeo turned up his nose at the outstretched hand. Juliet wasn't interested, either. They poured themselves off the furniture, then minced away.
"I think they've been talking to your friends at the restaurant," Alex said.
"They don't talk to anyone." She saw him glance at the terrarium on the windowsill. "The turtles are Tristan and Isolde, and their offspring are Heloise and Abelard."
"So where are Cleopatra and Mark Antony?" he asked.
"In a tomb in Egypt, I imagine. But you can look in the fish tank and see Bonnie and Clyde, Napoleon and Josephine, and Jane and Guildford."
He bent and peered into the lighted tank. "Fun couples. Is it a coincidence that they all ended tragically?"
"Not a coincidence, just poor judgment."
"Isn't it bad karma, naming your pets after doomed lovers?"
"I don't think they care.”
― Susan Wiggs, Summer by the Sea

“And you are forced to say, "No. I have to get back to my family. This is the most convenient time for me to have him poisoned." And you know you are a monster after all, a sick animal that no one has the decency to put down.”
― John Hodgman, Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms

“Death and grief were my biggest fears; I’ve let them become my greatest teachers.”
― Kristin Joy Lavin, The Butterfly Promise

“A house is never empty with a pet in situ, nor is an owner alone â€� a pet provides security, companionship and affection too.”
― Michelle Ogundehin, Happy Inside: How to harness the power of home for health and happiness

“Sam [the family dog] had no idea that his fellow pet had joined a crime-fighting spy agency, and Kat wanted him to stay that way. Her identity was top-secret.”
― Austin Stack, Kat Doggers: Superspy: Book 1 of the Kat Doggers Series

“Suddenly, Kat sat up as her neck started to vibrate. The F.U.R. communicator built into her collar rang with a sound only her sensitive ears could hear. She had a mission!”
― Austin Stack, Kat Doggers: Superspy: Book 1 of the Kat Doggers Series

“Pugs rule!”
― William Arthur Holmes, The Lazy Pug Cafe

“Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, Filling an emptiness we don't even know we have.”
― WowPetStuff

“Are dogs the most mistreated, tortured animals on earth? Not by animal experimenters â€� but by dog “loversâ€�. Are the dogsâ€� owners monsters? Haven’t dogs simply been bred to become “living dollsâ€� for human beings? Can you imagine a less natural animal than a dog? It used to be a wolf. Not anymore. It has been removed from nature. What natural function does it have or serve? None at all. What’s the point of a dog? It’s there purely to be company and entertainment for emotionally crippled human beings devoid of the capacity to think.”
― Ranty McRanterson, Freedumb and Dumbocracy: Libertarians, Dogs, Goyim, the Internet, and Last Men

“The only animal allowed in the bed I sleep in is me.”
― James Thomas Kesterson Jr