Toyah Willcox Quotes

I do feel a lot more comfortable when my dog is with me.

My dog gives me such joy and makes me laugh incessantly.

Dogs are a companion species. It's about time - you have an animal for about 15, 16 years, a generation. That time holds so much. You might have had five or six relationships with human beings but one dog.

To be labeled pathetic because you enjoy the company of a loving creature who is always down to hang out, sleep, and eat with you is unfair.

Love is the one thing that can really sure-enough lighten all of life's dark clouds.

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. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.

Sophie, my dog, is the high in the highlights of my life. Even through rain, snow, ice, and general laziness, she is the reason I smile when I wake up and a comfort to me continually. I could never have imagined that a now five-pound, six-ounce dog would take over my life. But it has happened, and I am happy to have someone to look after and share my moods with.

Everything people say about grandparenthood is true - it is pleasure without responsibility. It is unquestioned love.

The best thing I ever bought is my dog Stitch. He's the best friend & companion.

As long as I can remember, I've always had pets. Something about the connection you share with this entirely different species just blows my mind.

I'm 38 and I'm single, and I'm having my most intense and gratifying relationship with a dog. But we all learn about love in different ways, and this way happens to be mine.

When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.

I'm such a dog person. I dunno, I just feel like it really enriches your life, to have something to care for.

I really love pets. They're like children. They know if you really love them or not. You can't fool them.

When I was a kid if I was unhappy, I'd stroke my dog. I was into bringing injured birds into the house, RSPCA activities. And the relationship that you have with animals, you can get that from your children: that unquestioning love and adoration and equal need.

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.

I'm a lot less cranky when it's just me and my dog.

The ways that my dogs can make me - and my visitors - happy constantly amazes me.

I have a part-time dog. I'm actually an aunt to a dog, and he's an awful dog, but I love him. He's only interested in doing what he wants to do.

One of the best decisions I ever made was getting a dog.

Music is supposed to make you less lonely - that's the whole idea.

For many people who are so lost in their minds, so much involved in their thought processes, the only moments they have when they are not trapped in that is when they are relating to their animal, their pet.

A pet can be a girl's best friend.

I have a dog. He cuddles with me all night, so I don't really need a boyfriend.