Theophile Gautier Quotes

Every life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat.

My dogs are crazy. They're always getting into some kind of trouble... but then again, they're my most loyal friends.

A major part of love is commitment. If we are committed to someone, if I'm committed to loving you, then it's not possible for me to 'fall out of love.'

I began to encounter real-life stories of dogs protecting their wounded or dying or dead handler... or dogs refusing to leave the bodies of the people they were bonded to, sitting in cemeteries for days or sometimes weeks. You find these stories endlessly.

I have always loved you.

In all the world you'll never find a love as true as mine.

I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might become.

There is no faith which has never yet been broken, except that of a truly faithful dog

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat.

I love you more than anything in this world. I don't expect that will last.

There are two kinds of fidelity, that of dogs and that of cats; you, gentleman, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house.

If you are her man, she will talk to you until there just aren’t any more words left to say, encourage you when you’re at rock bottom and think there just isn’t any way out, hold you in her arms when you’re sick, and laugh with you when you’re up. And if you’re her man and that woman loves you—I mean really loves you?—she will shine you up when you’re dusty, encourage you when you’re down, defend you even when she’s not so sure you were right, and hang on your every word, even when you’re not saying anything worth listening to.

She was my first cat ever, and I thought she was marvelous.

Dogs, bless them, operate on the premise that human beings are fragile and require incessant applications of affection and reassurance. The random lick of a hand and the furry chin draped over the instep are calculated to let the shaky owner know that a friend is nearby.

You can't not love animals, I can't not. It doesn't matter what the animal is.

Love," he said, "has the longest arms.

Dogs are easier to love than people; they're certainly more dependable. Once they love you, that's it. A true friend in life is a dog.

Dogs are fantasies that don't disappoint.

Dogs are minor angels, and I don't mean that facetiously. They love unconditionally , forgive immediately, are the truest of friends, willing to do anything that makes us happy

A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.

I love you more than anybody in the world... I love you for millions and millions of things, clocks and vampires and dirty nails and squiggly paintings and lovely hair and being dizzy and falling dreams.

I loved him for himself alone.

For you, a thousand times over

The trouble with sharing one's bed with cats is that they'd rather sleep on you than beside you.