Michael Dirda Quotes

It kind of sucks when you lose a dog; you don't realize how attached to them you are until they are gone.

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

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

The CD is dedicated to our dog Nell, who passed away last year.

Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing.

Just because you can no longer have a physical relationship with someone doesn't mean you don't love them.

Dogs give us unconditional love.

Sangram is my best friend. He loves me more than himself and his absence in my life has brought a vacuum in my life.

Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.

People may surprise you with unexpected kindness. Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world.

Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart.

Honestly, I am in love with my dog.

I'm just a dog person. I love my dogs.

I still feel immense love and loyalty to Steve. And I've got great kids, I've got a very full life, and while I'm lonely for Steve, I'm not a lonely person.

I still miss my parents every day; I adored them. And when you have no children, friends are even more important to you.

Losing my father at a tender age was hard, and I felt it more so while growing up when I needed a father to talk to. Especially while pursuing an acting career where I would have loved his guidance and advice, since it was his passion as well.

I have realized that when you rescue your pet from a shelter, it is the most amazing feeling in the world how this animal changes your life by giving it a better one.

I'm very emotional: to lose love is the same as dying.

Having a pet only brings more love into a home and it's the greatest thing I've ever experienced.

I'm dying with you before I'm living without you.

The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift.

Taking on a pet is a contract with sorrow.