"Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big."

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Source : FaceBook post by Erica Jong from Oct 29, 2015

Erica Jong

#Loyalty Quotes #Dog Quotes #Heart Quotes

“My initial plan was to spend a year in France, go to some kind of school and learn a bit of French. I went a year in an American college in the outskirts of Strasbourg, but got a glimpse of a real art school, L'Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, and enrolled the following year.”
“The heavens declare the glory of Kepler and Newton.”
“A personal highlight was probably when we got a No. 1 in the U.K. and when the album went to No. 1 in America. The top four that week was us, Adele, Guns N' Roses and Bruce Springsteen. It was ridiculous seeing those names there. Being the first band from the U.K. and Ireland to go to America and debut at No. 1 is just unbelievable.”
“A discipline I have observed is an attitude of love and reverence to people...”

Source : Bessie Head (1990). “A Woman Alone: Autobiographical Writings”, African Writers Series
“[The Middle East conflict ] just kind of ran its course for me. For a long time I could justify doing it to myself, no matter how irrational it was. It was important to me and my work. And I just don't feel it in the same way any more. When it comes up and it's important to me, I'll do it, but more out of sense of duty than desire - which used to be a big part of it.”
“Paintings exist in the present tense, yet somehow, because of how it's structured, it can move backwards through time as well.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Childhood is usually identified with fantasy, adventure, and dreaming. But mine didn't offer a lot of hope. I could read my future in my palm. Everything foretold: "You have no future!" A person must be very strong to keep going without hope.”
“You donâ€™t read, you donâ€™t understand. You donâ€™t know what itâ€™s like to live in different worlds, to travel on great adventures through the galaxy with people you know better than you know your own family. To live and die with them. These are my friends, my best friends in the world.”

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