dogs

And I, a materialist who does not believe
in the starry heaven promised
to a human being,
for this dog and for every dog
I believe in heaven, yes, I believe in a heaven
that I will never enter, but he waits for me
wagging his big fan of a tail
so I, soon to arrive, will feel welcomed.

No, my dog used to watch me
giving me the attention I need,
yet only the attention necessary
to let a vain person know
that he being a dog,
with those eyes, more pure than mine,
was wasting time, but he watched
with a look that reserved for me
every bit of sweetness...

O merry, merry, merry,
like only dogs know how to be happy
and nothing more, with an absolute
shameless nature.

The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses. They are allowed access to our most private moments. They are there when we think we are alone. Think of what they could tell us. They sit on the laps of presidents. They see acts of love and violence, quarrels and feuds, and the secret play of children. If they could tell us everything they have seen, all of the gaps of our lives would stitch themselves together.

Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about puppies.

Women are like cats and dogs. If you can attract any cat and make any dog listen to you, you can have any women you like.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get use to the idea.

My greatest accomplishment in life (other than two awesome sons)?  I have never met a dog who didn't like me.

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

An enlightened person - by perceiving God in all - looks at a learned person, an outcast, even a cow, an elephant, or a dog with an equal eye.