"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans." - James Herriot

"Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn't ever know we had." - Thom Jones

"I heard somebody define heaven once as a place where, when you get there, all the dogs you ever loved run to greet you." - Robert B. Parker