Dog Quotes

“So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog.”
― Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life

“Instead of 200, what if man's pre-flood IQ was a thousand? Everyone was smarter, bigger, and lived longer. But what if animals had IQs of a hundred? Maybe interspecies communication was the norm, unlike now where only weirdos like me talk to cats, dogs, and ducks.”
― Jarod Kintz, Powdered Saxophone Music

“Il faut pleurer me disait ma grand-mère, les larmes du dedans font autrement plus mal et pourrissent les os”
― Cédric Sapin-Defour, Son odeur après la pluie

“Call me to you when the hour turns away,
The one which always opposes you:
It is as close to you as a dog’s face
But then it wavers, forever eluding you”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus

“I dream I'm a wolf sometimes, and when I wake up, I'm panting and my fur's on alert and I'm feeling Yeah, the world could hurt me, but I could hurt the world right back even harder. Like there's a dangerous, hard part of me chained inside, struggling to go free and just, I dunno, get even.
Then I go see what's for breakfast.”
― Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Bob

“Around here people don’t walk their dogs—dogs walk their people.”
― Sol Luckman, Musings from a Small Island: Everything under the Sun

“Kunal thought of all the sci-fi fantasy books he had read which had similar premises. ‘And, for some absurd reason, I’m the only one who can stop him. I’m the chosen one, right?’
Guru was at a loss for words.
Adira snapped, ‘Not you, idiot!’
Kunal stopped in his path. ‘Sure. If not me, then who?’
‘Burfi,’ Guru said as if that were common knowledge.
‘Burfi? Who’s Burfi?’ Kunal asked.
The owl pointed at the dog.
‘You have got to be kidding me!”
― Ronit J., Help! My Dog Is The Chosen One!

“Hello, Boy," Franklin said. He liked dogs, they were uncomplicated.
"I'm a girl, actually," the dog said.”
― Kate Atkinson, Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories

“As soon as I opened my eyes, my vision was obscured by a large quantity of black fur, a cold, wet nose, and an enormous tongue. I was not offended at all--- quite the contrary--- and let Shadow lick my cheeks before burying my face in his neck.
"Poor dear," I murmured. "There, there--- you needn't worry about me leaving you again!"
He has been like this each morning since my return, but I can scarcely object. I missed him as much as he missed me, and have vowed never again to venture anywhere he cannot follow.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

“The dog is a god. The dog is a balker.”
― Jack Kerouac, Pomes All Sizes

“He always said to me, 'Mildred, one day this will all be yours.'" Simon made a wide gesture, encompassing books, cats, and the door to Samara.

"Er, he called you Mildred?"

"Often as not"

"Maybe he really meant to leave everything to Mildred," said Jinx

"If she ever shows up, we'll talk," said Simon. "But I think she may have been a dog he once had.”
― Sage Blackwood, Jinx's Magic

“I was trying to think of a polite way to say My father's gone mad, and you should probably leave, when Bad stretched toward her, sniffing with an appraising, to-bite-or-not-to-bite expression. He considered briefly, then bucked his head against her hand in a shameless request for ear scratches. Dogs, of course, are infinitely better judges of character than people.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January

“One does not need to look too deeply into the transcripts of witch trials before uncovering tortured women speaking of cavorting with everyday animals. (There does seem to be a size limit; one can converse with a devil in the form of a dog, but not a moose and surely not an elephant.)”
― Thomm Quackenbush, The Curious Case of the Talking Mongoose

“On her final night before she returned home, Carolina cuddled on the sofa with one of Tía Luísa's dogs. Carolina loved the black mutt. His name was Siete and he had severe separation anxiety, but he always wanted to be near her.
This freedom was what she wanted. What she needed.
And she was going to get it.”
― Alana Albertson, Kiss Me, Mi Amor

“I need to take Longganisa for her morning walk."
My adorable dachshund accompanied me to work every day and was content to spend most of the day napping in my office, but I tried to be good dog parent and take her out for multiple walks throughout the day. The Brew-ha Cafe was dog-friendly, and Nisa proved to be one of our most successful promo attempts. Whenever people saw her walking around in her adorable Brew-ha Cafe-themed outfits, custom-made by my friend's daughter, they'd stop and ask to pet her. The perfect opportunity to hand over my business card and invite them to the cafe.
Today, Nisa was outfitted in a lemon-yellow Brew-ha Cafe dress and a little flower crown to welcome spring.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon

“We'd just finished setting the table when Longganisa's barking alerted me that our guests had arrived. Jae had quickly become her second-favorite person (I was her number one favorite, obvs), so as soon as I opened the door, she launched herself at him. Jae dropped down on a knee so he could give her all the belly rubs and attention she desired (and deserved). The two of them were so darn adorable, my heart could barely take it and I tried not to be jealous that my dog got first dibs on Jae's cuddles and kisses.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon

“Nabila hesitated, but then Longganisa sat on Nabila's foot and looked up at her as if to say, You sure you don't want to be our friend?
Even if you weren't a dog person (do those exist?), there was no way you could resist that look.”
― Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon

“Light and smoke aside, all that remained on the sidewalk was a little red English bulldog. Other than the general doggish shape, that's where the similarities to any beast from this plane ended.
"Ferdinand!" I cooed and rounded Ryker to scratch the creature between the stubby horns on its head. He was happy to see me, and he drooled out a little lava while shaking his two stubby tails.
"What in the hell is that?" Ryker looked down at Ferdinand with disdain. "That has to be the most pathetic demon dog I've ever seen."
"Shh, don't listen to the big mean man," I purred at Ferdie. "And you're the best demon dog, you're the best boy and I'm going to find you a cheeseburger later.”
― Sabrina Blackburry, Dirty Lying Dragons

“Sorry. I hijacked your dog.” “It appears he thought you needed him more than he needed to chase seagulls.”
― E.V. Drake, The Scribemaster Chronicles

“Dad’s out on a date so Dog and I are passing the time by YouTube-ing scenes from The Lion King. The reason I can’t pick up the phone is because I attempted to lift Dog up as though he was Simba on Pride Rock during that ‘Circle Of Life’ song. Anyway, I couldn’t do it and he fell back onto me, landing on my arm, which now really hurts and I think I twisted my ankle so I’m staying put on the sofa.
I think he’s put on a few pounds.”
― Katy Birchall, The It-Girl

“Maybe happiness is hanging in there.
Maybe happiness is choosing to be happy with another.
You love who you love, and if you work hard enough and you're lucky enough, by the grace of the Universe, you get to keep it.”
― Lauren Baratz-Logsted;Greg Logsted;Jackie Logsted

“The black beast stood on its hind legs, resting the front paws on the mesh fence surrounding its home. But once the pen opened, Cerberus spilled out like a wiggly croissant.”
― K.A. Merikan, Scum

“Can we keep her?” Eli asked eagerly.

“You want to keep the girl that smells like marijuana and tears?” I replied drolly. And Seth’s body wash, my mind supplied unhelpfully.

“Why don’t we wake her up first?” Seth muttered, his nose twitching.

“Great idea. I’ll lick her face,” Eli responded, more dog than bear.

“You will not,”
― Colette Rhodes, Gilded Mess

“I looked at Shadow. He was worrying one of the pig bones, too distracted by his delight to sense anything amiss. But he caught wind of my unease and went rigid, his jaw still clamped round the bone, drool dangling.
Abruptly, he charged--- not behind us, but at a small red fox regarding us from one of the caves.
"Leave it," I told Shadow, but he kept barking--- the thunderous, unearthly bark he reserves for the most dire situations, rough and rasping like the rattle of death, which brought the chill of the earth below into one's bones.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

“Shadow?" I said.
He understood me, of course--- he always does. I do not entirely comprehend the bond between us, as Shadow is the only grim I know of to take a human master, but the beast immediately shed his glamour, growing to a size closer to a bear than anything else, his huge paws tipped in jagged claws.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

“Shadow initially seemed unaffected when I placed the thing around his neck. He has worn collars before, both the ordinary and faerie-made variety. But as we walked, his lumbering gait grew more graceful, and he paused frequently to sniff at things.
"What does it do?" Rose enquired.
"It's hobgoblin-made," I said. "They sometimes keep grims as guard dogs. The legend associated with it suggests that it will enhance Shadow's speed and senses.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

“Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.”
― happyhungrypets

“I am not entirely sure that humans deserve the unconditional love of dogs.”
― Don Roff

“Dogs may be a man's best friends, but the proverb says, "Tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you who you are.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“I never saw you cry
Not until our dog died
And the whole family came back together
We held her body as they put the needle in her
And then I saw you cry
And then I saw you cry”
― Adrianne Lenker