{"quotes":[{"text":"Dogs are angels full of poop.","author":"Oliver Gaspirtz","tags":["angels","angels-in-disguise","animals","animals-love","dogs","dogs-and-humans","funny","funny-and-random","funny-book","funny-but-true","funny-humor","funny","pets","poop","pooping"],"id":27127,"author_id":"Oliver+Gaspirtz"},{"text":"She’s a mixed-breed and not the least bit aggressive. She decided long ago she wanted to be a pet dog, not a guard dog. I think that’s another reason why that man wanted to get rid of her. I’ve never understood all this fascination with aggressiveness. It’s like an epidemic. People don’t just want aggressive dogs, they want to be aggressive themselves.","author":"Sonal Panse","tags":["dogs-and-humans","humor","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance","young-adult-series"],"id":67989,"author_id":"Sonal+Panse"},{"text":". . . She is our dog. And because she is our dog, we can pick out the tiny, almost imperceptible good qualities from the ocean of terrible qualities, and we can cling to them. Because we want to love our dog.","author":"Allie Brosh","tags":["dogs","dogs-and-humans","humour","love"],"id":72233,"author_id":"Allie+Brosh"},{"text":"In a society where people are obsessed with personal space, dogs have come to serve as welcome, neo-human mediators of loneliness and solitude.","author":"Okey Ndibe","tags":["dogs","dogs-and-humans","personal-space"],"id":74833,"author_id":"Okey+Ndibe"},{"text":"Cynophilist: paradoxical being that often despises man and adores the dog, apparently, mainly because of the unconditional love that the latter has for the first.","author":"Luigina Sgarro","tags":["cynophilist","dogs","dogs-and-humans"],"id":75266,"author_id":"Luigina+Sgarro"},{"text":"It came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with them. And every new dog who comes into my life gifts me with a piece of their heart. If I live long enought, all the components of my heart will be dog, and I will become as generous and loving as they are.","author":"Unknown Author 909","tags":["companion","dog","dog-rescue","dogs","dogs-and-humans","friend"],"id":88035,"author_id":"Unknown+Author+909"},{"text":"Love like a dog.As long as it’s been treated with kindness and respect a dog will love you. A dog doesn’t care about your age, sex, gender identity, orientation, religion, race or socioeconomic bracket. A dog doesn’t care if you’re skinny, have stretch marks or scars. A dog doesn’t care how many people you’ve slept with, what hardships you’ve had to overcome; and if you’re crying a dog will come put its little chin on your chest and love you regardless. A dog doesn’t let these things dictate to whom or how much it extends its heart. A dog just loves.Love like a dog.A dog never tries to play it cool, hard to get or shies away from showing how much it loves. A dog’s composure is never betrayed by its tail because it freely and without hesitation shows how ecstatic it is to see you every time you walk through the door. When a dog is around other dogs it doesn’t pretend that it doesn’t really love tennis balls. A dog loves what it loves and is never embarrassed about showing how it feels.Love like a dog.A dog is loyal to and would fiercely defend those whom it loves. “For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.” Life is not always easy. At times you will have to be brave. At times you will be hurt. But a dog will never leave you. Stay close. Be faithful. Protect your pack.Love like a dog.That is my advice to you. Love like a dog.","author":"Oliver Tremble","tags":["dogs","dogs-and-humans","dogs-loyalty","love","philosophy","philosophy-of-life"],"id":97448,"author_id":"Oliver+Tremble"},{"text":"I liked the idea of adopting a dog that was beyond the puppy stage, a dog with an unknown span of life under his belt. It seemed only fair; he didn't know what he was getting into with me either.","author":"Meg Donohue","tags":["dogs","dogs-and-humans","rescue-dogs","rescues"],"id":122871,"author_id":"Meg+Donohue"},{"text":"I missed Eve so much I couldn't be a human anymore and feel the pain that humans feel. I had to be an animal again.","author":"Garth Stein","tags":["dog","dogs-and-humans","human","love","missing-someone"],"id":131781,"author_id":"Garth+Stein"},{"text":"She communicated in what ways she could – sweet whines of happiness and wet kisses. She knew him. She knew him. He knelt in the grass, still pouring his attention onto her. She received every ounce of it in a way only a dog can, its unconditional love contained in every breath and every heartbeat.  And Luke was struck precisely at that moment at his capacity to feel so moved by the simple act of affection for this sweet animal. He swallowed hard. It wasn’t easy to let himself feel it, the gentle tug from a place deeply buried. And in the grass on his knees, he found himself releasing the sadness long held hostage in that deep place. Tears spilled over, finally uncontained. The dog stretched its snout through the rails and found his wet cheeks with its tongue. He did not retreat, but let her clean the tears from his face.","author":"Dorothy Gravelle","tags":["dogs-and-humans","love","paranormal","reincarnation","ya-romance"],"id":144710,"author_id":"Dorothy+Gravelle"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":43,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}