“Slowly, deliberately, the dog turned from the black wolf and walked toward the man. He was a dog, and dogs chose men.”

“It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs.”

“People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story.”

“Okay," Kincaid said. "Anyone have any questions?""Why do they sell hot dogs in packages of ten but hot dog buns in packages of eight?”

“If you added it up, without her there was nothing--but with her even the simplest of gestures of walking a bird dog in the desert, or selecting the ingredients for a meal for two rather than one took on an ineffable charm.(from the novella, Revenge)”

“I like dogs. They give Mister something to snack on.”

“Even a little dog can piss on a big building.”