“A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.”

“The door handle is on the wrong side of the door. It’s on the inside only, only in my dreams. I can leave, but I can’t return.”

“Why did dogs make one want to cry? There was something so quiet and hopeless about their sympathy. Jasper, knowing something was wrong, as dogs always do. Trunks being packed. Cars being brought to the door. Dogs standing with drooping tails, dejected eyes. Wandering back to their baskets in the hall when the sound of the car dies away.”

“You look like you were chewed up by a wolf and shit down the wrong side of the mountain. What's wrong?”

“Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong.”

“The whole key to life is discovering things for yourself. What you do with that discovery is what lies on the other side of that door.”