"Sometimes the best medicine is a dog who thinks their love can cure you."

— DogMomVibes

"Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen."

— Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red

"The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it."

— Michel Houellebecq

"If you don't own a dog, at least one, there may not necessarily be anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life."

— Roger Caras

"Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day."

— John Grogan

"Dogs are our link to paradise."

— Milan Kundera

"Once you have had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished."

— Dean Koontz

"The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be."

— Konrad Lorenz

"A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won't be too bad."

— Robert Wagner

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."

— Rodger A. Caras