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“Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.”

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Joe Gores was a renowned American writer, born on December 25, 1931, and passed away on January 10, 2011. Known for his crime and detective novels, his works have been highly appreciated by readers. more

“I can't think of anything that brings me closer to tears than when my old dog - completely exhausted after a hard day in the field - limps away from her nice spot in front of the fire and comes over to where I'm sitting and puts her head in my lap, a paw over my knee, and closes her eyes, and goes back to sleep. I don't know what I've done to deserve that kind of friend.”

“Nothing but love has made the dog lose his wild freedom, to become the servant of man.”

Men Made Loses Dog Servant Pet Dog Training

Book:Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

“When we admit our vulnerability, we include others. If we deny it, we shut them out.”

Ifs Deny Vulnerability Pet

Book:Recovering: A Journal

Source: Recovering: A Journal

“After a lifetime of affectionate regard for dogs and many years of close observation and reflection, I have reached the conclusion that dogs feel more than I do (I am not prepared to speak for other people). They feel more, and they feel more purely and more intensely.”

People Feels Years Speak Friendship Dog Reflection Regard Prepared Lifetime Conclusion Observation Pet Affectionate

Book:Dogs Never Lie about Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs

Source: Dogs Never Lie about Love: Reflections on the Emotional World of Dogs

“In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain.”

Heart Pain Rooms Treasure Pet Greatest Treasure

Book:Enchanted Love: The Mystical Power Of Intimate Relationships

Source: Enchanted Love: The Mystical Power Of Intimate Relationships

“Man himself cannot express love and humility by external signs, so plainly as does a dog, when with drooping ears, hanging lips, flexuous body, and wagging tail, he meets his beloved master.”

Men Doe Body Friendship Dog Humility Masters Ears Lips Beloved Pet Tails

Book:The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

Source: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

“At other times it feels like being mildly drunk, or concussed. There is a sort of invisible blanket between the world and me. I find it hard to take in what anyone says.”

World Feels Hard Invisible Drunk Pet Blanket Grief Observed

Book:A Grief Observed

Source: A Grief Observed

“We had a dog, Apples. He was 13 years old, toothless, blind and had the worst breath this side of Jabba the Hut. But he was the sweetest dog, and I cried and cried when he died.”

Years Sides Worst Dog Died Breaths Blind Apples Pet Cried Sweetest Huts Pet Loss Toothless Dogs Dying

Author:Marlee Matlin

“You can't see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears.”

Eye Tears Pet Grief Observed

Book:A Grief Observed Readers' Edition: With contributions from Hilary Mantel, Jessica Martin, Jenna Bailey, Rowan Williams, Kate Saunders, Francis Spufford and Maureen Freely

Source: A Grief Observed Readers' Edition: With contributions from Hilary Mantel, Jessica Martin, Jenna Bailey, Rowan Williams, Kate Saunders, Francis Spufford and Maureen Freely

“My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul.”

Soul Lying Grief Silence Shadow Manners Pet Unseen Lament Tortured Souls

Book:King Richard II: Third Series

Source: King Richard II: Third Series

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