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. - W. Bruce Cameron

And she never gave up, not until the very end. And if she could keep going, I knew I had to. Because it's important. Because failure isn't an option if success is just a matter of more effort. I know it's difficult, Maya. Try harder.

Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that's counted truly counts.

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.