"Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them."

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Source : Dodie Smith (1989). “101 Dalmatians”, p.5, Penguin

Dodie Smith

#Friendship Quotes #Dog Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“I sympathize with every kitchen porter.”
“The vigour of civilised societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth while. Vigorous societies harbour a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications. All strong interests easily become impersonal, the love of a good job well done. There is a sense of harmony about such an accomplishment, the Peace brought by something worth while. Such personal gratification arises from aim beyond personality.”
“I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.”
“I'd love sloth. I wish sloth would come home and visit me once in a while. I don't consider laziness a sin at all.”
“A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.”
“World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.”
“Keep your treasure to yourself.”
“Don't hang onto anything too tightly-all things must change and you have to allow room for them to grow and blossom.”

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