“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.”— Alexander Pope, quod.lib.umich.edu
“This animal had touched our souls and taught us some of the most important lessons of our lives.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“I could almost taste the finiteness of life and thus it's preciousness. We take it for granted, but it is fragile, precarious, uncertain able to cease at any instant without notice. I was reminded of what should be obvious but too often is not, that each today, each hour and minute, is worth cherish…”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“If you still think you're a young pup then you are, no matter what the calendar says.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“Maybe he held the secret for a good life. Never slow down, never look back, live each day with adolescent verve and spunk and curiosity and playfulness.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“He taught us the art of unqualified love. How to give it, how to accept it. Where there is that, most other pieces fall into place.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“'You know all that stuff we’ve always said about you?’ I whispered. ‘What a total pain you are? Don’t believe it. Don’t believe it for a minute, Marley.’ He needed to know that, and something more, too. There was something I had never told him, that no one ever had. I wanted him to hear it before he…”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“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.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“Dogs are great. Bad dogs, if you can really call them that, are perhaps the greatest of them all.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“Owning a dog always ended with this sadness because dogs just don't live as long as people do.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“It's just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn't it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“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. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.”— John Grogan, amazon.com
“A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things-a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter…”— John Grogan, amazon.com