“Many who have spent a lifetime can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.”

“Many who have dedicated their life to love, can tell us less about this subject than a child who lost his dog yesterday.”

“This assumption that she need look for no more devotion now that her beauty had passed proceeded from the fact that she had never realized any love save love as passion. Such love, though it expends itself in generosity and thoughtfulness, though it give birth to visions and to great poetry, remains among the sharpest expressions of self-interest. Not until it has passed through a long servitude, through its own self-hatred, through mockery, through great doubts, can it take its place among the loyalties. Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.”

“No one can fully understand the meaning of love unless he's owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes. ”

“For you see, each day I love you moreToday more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.”

“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.”