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“Everyone is taught that angels have wings — the lucky ones of us find that they have 4 paws.”~ Jury Nel
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“Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later.”~ Mary Bly
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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”~ Anatole France
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“Being able to feel love, loyalty, gratitude and happiness means you have a soul? Then all my pets are bound for heaven.”~ Jury Nel
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“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”~ Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
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“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.”~ John Grogan, Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World’s Worst Dog
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“Do you have a pet?”
Eugenia shook her head. “I don’t know very much about animals.”
“There’s nothing much to know. You feed them; they love you.”~ Eloisa James, Duchess By Night -
“I care not for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”~ Abraham Lincoln
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“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”~ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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“Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”~ George Eliot (1819 - 1880), ‘Mr. Gilfil’s Love Story,’ Scenes of Clerical Life, 1857
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“The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude.”~ Robert Brault
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“Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.”~ James Cromwell
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“We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.”~ Immanuel Kant
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“You cannot share your life with a dog, as I had done in Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that animals have personalities and minds and feelings.”~ Jane Goodall
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“Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.”~ James Cromwell