“Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true.”

“Once I laughed when, I heard you sayingthat I'd be playing, solitaire, uneasy in my, easy chair.It never entered my mind.Once you told me, I was mistaken, that I'd awaken, with the sunand order orange juice for one.It never entered my mind.You have what I lack myselfand now I even have to scratch my back myself.Once you warned me that if you scorned meI'd sing the maiden's prayer againand wish that you were there againto get into my hair again.It never entered my mind.”

“The missing link between animals and the real human being is most likely ourselves.”

“The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this Earth can ever be.”

“Live in hope. Because things do happen. Things do change. Worry really is futile. Don't fear the future. Dreams do come true.”

“I have found the missing link between the higher ape and civilized man: It is we.”

“Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.”