Humans were capable of so many amazing things, but too often they just sat making words, not doing anything. - W. Bruce Cameron

Unbidden, the sadness I’d felt from Senora washed through me, and I wanted to squirm up to her and lick her palms and make her happy again. Of all the things I’d ever done, making Senora laugh seemed the most important. It was, I reflected, the only thing that gave my life any purpose.

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.

The twist in his lower back that was aggravated by lifting objects, or sneezing, or moving, or not moving. No one had ever told him that growing old would hurt so much.