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We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.

Dogs are very, very pleasant with people that they're connected to.

There is no evidence that dogs have the kind of complex emotional lives and value systems that we do. It's one reason why we love them so much, in fact. They are neither "good" nor "bad." They don't hold grudges, act in petty ways, or seek revenge. They read our moods, but not our minds.

I am as confounded by dogs as I am indebted to them.

You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.

Anyone who has a dog knows that they have some very deep thoughts, that they have moods and emotions, they get their feelings hurt. It's not a far reach to give them opinions and values and long-term desires.

People are perfectly glad to accept the idea that dogs love us, so they must be able to love each other.