W. Bruce Cameron Quotes

For the next several minutes nothing much happened, biscuit wise.

Some people just don’t appreciate having a dog around. It’s sad to think there are people like that. I knew Gloria was that way — maybe that’s why she could never be truly happy.

This was, I decided, my purpose as a dog, to comfort the boy whenever he needed me.

A bouquet of wonderful scents met my nose, and my heart leaped when I realized who I was smelling.
'Molly!' I heard someone call.
I whipped my head around everywhere and there they were, the people I'd been smelling. Everyone I'd ever loved in my life, standing at the edge of the water, smiling and clapping. I saw Ethan and Hannah and Trent and CJ standing in front, along with Andi and Maya and Jakob and all the others.
'Bailey!' Ethan yelled waving.
My names was Toby, and Buddy, and Molly and Max and Bailey and Ellie. I was a good dog, and this was my reward. Now I would get to be with the people I loved.
I turned, whimpering with you, and swam toward those golden shores.

I nuzzled them both to remind them that there was really no need to grieve, since I was okay and really a much better pet than Smokey ever was.

We would drive to Canada, where it would probably be legal for us to get married- it was Canada where they let people do whatever they wanted because it was too cold to bother stopping them.

Human motivation is unfathomable to dogs, so I wasn’t sure why the two of us were separated, but I knew that when the time came, Ethan would Find me.

I wondered briefly if cats also came back after death, then dismissed the thought because as far as I had ever been able to tell, cats do not have a purpose.

This was, I decided, my purpose as a dog, to comfort the boy whenever he needed me. Sometimes

That's the lesson of the dogs, that it's important to both live in the moment and then go on to the next wonderful thing.

But humans drive the cars and decide when dogs eat and where dogs live and clearly this was something else in their power - they could find their dogs when they needed them.

When she sat on the couch I jumped up to be with her and I put my head in her lap. I could feel some of the tension and sadness leave her. I was giving Mom comfort. This was more important than going for walks, more important than helping feed the cats — it was the most important job I had. I knew I should sit with Mom for as long as she needed me.

Humans are so much more complex than dogs, with such a broad range of feelings — though there were many times I missed the Yard, for the most part I was now living a far richer life, even though I often didn’t know what was going on.

I had fulfilled my purpose.

I knew, though, that life was never that easy, that instead of doors being opened for you, to get anywhere, you had to jump over fences.