The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.
Interpretation
The connection we share with a loyal dog is deeply meaningful and enduring.
This quote highlights the profound and lasting bond that can exist between humans and their dogs. It suggests that the loyalty and companionship provided by a dog can rival the most significant relationships in our lives, emphasizing the unique value of this connection.
In practice
During a pet adoption event, one might say this quote to emphasize the importance of finding a loyal companion.
Whenever we find, in two forms of life that are unrelated to each other, a similarity of form or of behaviour patterns which relates to more than a few minor details, we assume it to be caused by parallel adaptation to the same life-preserving function.
I grew up in the large house and the larger garden of my parents in Altenberg. They were supremely tolerant of my inordinate love for animals.
More than any other product of human scientific culture scientific knowledge is the collective property of all mankind.
In nature we find not only that which is expedient, but also everything which is not so inexpedient as to endanger the existence of the species.
Most people have forgotten how to live with living creatures, with living systems and that, in turn, is the reason why man, whenever he comes into contact with nature, threatens to kill the natural system in which and from which he live.
I owe undying gratitude to my patient parents.
No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere.
Once she was out of the car and gone, my world was suddenly hollow and meaningless.
When a stranger comes into our presence, then, first appearances are likely to enable us to anticipate his category and attributes, his 'social identity' - to use a term that is better than 'social status' because personal attributes such as 'honesty' are involved, as well as structural ones, like 'occupation.'
He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was.
The origins of modern marital instability lie largely in the triumph of what many people believe to be marriage's traditional role - providing love, intimacy, fidelity, and mutual fulfillment. The truth is that for centuries, marriage was stable precisely because it was not expected to provide such benefits.
I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
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