A Quotes
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“A doença mental vira as pessoas para dentro. É o que eu acho. Mantém-nos presos eternamente no sofrimento das nossas próprias mentes, da mesma maneira que a dor duma perna partida ou dum dedo cortado se apodera da nossa atenção, agarrando-a com tanta força que a perna boa ou o polegar inteiro parecem deixar de existir.”
Source: The Shock of the Fall
“A doença é retida no corpo pelo pensamento, pela observação da doença e pela atenção dada a ela.”
Source: The Secret
“A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.”
“A dog came to my door, so I gave him a bone, the dog took the bone into the back yard and buried it. I'm going to go plant a tree there, with bones on it, then the dog will come back and say, "Shoot! It worked! I must distribute these bones equally for I have a green paw!"”
“A dog can be a ‘significant other’ as it infuses a magic fluid stream of oxytocin, trust, ease, and patience; and transforms a man’s life into a paradise of complicity and mutual sympathy, arousing at the same time an instinct of playfulness that many people have lost since their young age and that puts things in new perspectives.( "I am young and have no dog")”
“A dog can be our philosophical agent, reintroducing us to ways of thinking and experiencing the world we may have forgotten. ("I am young and have no dog")”
“A dog can bite you but you must not bite the dog! Your every movement in life must be peaceful; otherwise you lose your ethical superiority! Nonviolent civil disobedience is a genius; no power can beat it; use it when necessary!”
“A dog can embody renewal, spontaneity, and the creation of new values, representing freedom from societal constraints and a return to authentic, creative living. ("I am young and have no dog")”
“A dog can express more with his tail in minutes than an owner can express with his tongue in hours.”
“A dog can have a friend; he has affections and character, he can enjoy equally the field and the fireside; he dreams, he caresses, he propitiates; he offends, and is pardoned; he stands by you in adversity; he is a good fellow.”
Source: The Indicator and the Companion: A Miscellany for the Fields and Fire-side
“A dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing.”
“A dog can't think that much about what he's doing, he just does what feels right.”
“A dog comes to you and lives with you in your own house, but you do not therefore own her, as you do not own the rain, or the trees, or the laws which pertain to them ... A dog can never tell you what she knows from the smells of the world, but you know, watching her, that you know almost nothing. . .”
Source: Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
“A dog could see your heart in your eyes, Budress told him, and dogs were drawn to our hearts.”
Source: Suspect
“A dog desires affection more than its dinner. Well - almost.”
“A dog does not live as long as a man and this natural law is the fount of many tears. If boy and puppy might grow to manhood and doghood together, and together grow old, and so in due course die, full many a heartache might be avoided. But the world is not so ordered, and dogs will die and men will weep for them so long as there are dogs and men.”
Source: Thrifty Stock: And Other Stories
“A dog doesn't care if you are rich or poor, educated of illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his. It was really quite simple, and yet we humans, so much wiser and more sophisticated, have always had trouble figuring out what really counts and what does not.”
Source: Marley & Me tie-in: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
“A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, big or small, young or old. He doesn't care if you're not smart, not popular, not a good joke-teller, not the best athlete, nor the best-looking person. To your dog, you are the greatest, the smartest, the nicest human being who was ever born. You are his friend and protector.”
“A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.”
“A dog doesn't want very much and is happy with that. A cat doesn't know what he wants and wants more of it.”
“A dog gets lonesome just like a human. He wants to associate with other dogs, but when they take him out, the poor dog is on a leash and cannot run around.”
Source: The Best of Simple
“A dog gladly admits the superiority of his master over himself, accepts his judgment as final, but, contrary to what dog-lovers believe, he does not consider himself as a slave. His submission is voluntary, and he expects his own small rights to be respected.”
Source: The Story of San Michele
“A dog has got human eyes.”
“A dog has kindliness in his heart and dignity in his demeanor. The finest qualities anyone can have.”
“A dog has no shame. If he can do it, you can watch.”
“A dog has no use for fancy cars or big homes or designer clothes. Status symbol means nothing to him. A waterlogged stick will do just fine. A dog judges others not by their color or creed or class but by who they are inside. A dog doesn't care if you are rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his. It was really quite simple, and yet we humans, so much wiser and more sophisticated, have always had trouble figuring out what really counts and what does not. As I wrote that farewell column to Marley, I realized it was all right there in front of us, if only we opened our eyes. Sometimes it took a dog with bad breath, worse manners, and pure intentions to help us see.”
“A dog has no use for fancy cars or big homes or designer clothes. Status symbols mean nothing to him. A waterlogged stick will do just fine. A dog judges others not by their color or creed or class but by who they are inside. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.”
“A dog has one aim in life... to bestow his heart.”
“A dog has the soul of a philosopher.”
“A dog is a bond between strangers.”
“A dog is a liberal... He wants to please everybody.”
“A dog is a vehicle, you know, a dog is a window to Mother Nature and that's the closest species we have.”
“A dog is adorable and noble, a dog is a true and loving friend. A dog is also a hedonist.”
Source: Dog Songs: Deluxe Edition
“A dog is faithful, a woman never.”
“A dog is grateful for what is, which I am finding to be the soundest kind of wisdom and very good theology.”
“A dog is like a liberal. He wants to please everybody. A cat really doesn't need to know that everybody loves him.”
“A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.”
“A dog is much like a married man, obeying his master's voice for the sake of his master's touch.”
“A dog is not a thing. A thing is replaceable. A dog is not. A thing is disposable. A dog is not. A thing doesn’t have a heart. A dog’s heart is bigger than any “thing” you can ever own.”
Source: Paw Prints in the Sand
“A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.”
“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”
“A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by it's own farts”
“A dog is one of the remaining reasons why some people can be persuaded to go for a walk.”
“A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.”
“A dog is the only exercise machine you cannot decide to skip when you don't feel like it.”
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.”
“A dog likes people who pat him on the head. That's because his thinking isn't complicated by knowledge and education”
Source: Hotel
“A dog looks up to you, a cat looks down on you, but a pig looks you straight in the eye.”
Source: Archangel
“A dog only got hurt if its love was repudiated, intentional or not, though it never had long to feel true sorrow in response because it never held its love back, regardless of reciprocation; the dog just tried to love you more. No other distractions such as work, home, friendships, or lovers—just the insistence of undying and unwavering affection in the truest sense of the word—asking for only a fraction of what it gave.”
Source: TITLE 13: A Novel
“A dog only urinates on that which stands firm.”