"To sit with a dog
on a hillside on a
glorious afternoon
... doing nothing ...
was peace."
Milan Kundera
1921 -
"Until one has loved
an animal, a part of
one's soul remains
unawakened."
Anatole France
1844 - 1924
"
"You think dogs
will not be in heaven?
I tell you, they will be
there long before
any of us."
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 - 1894