#if

Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to bite than to bark, less likely to bark than to lick a hand in greeting. In spite of their size, they think they are lap dogs, and in spite of being dogs, they think they are also human, and nearly every human they meet is judged to have the potential to be a boon companion who might, at many moment, cry, "Let's go!" and lead them on a great adventure. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#golden-retrievers #life

More than honor, more than life, I love thee." What do you say when a man whose entire existence had been his honor offers to give it up for you? You say the only thing you can. More than any crown or throne or title, I love thee," I said. "more than any power in faerie, I love thee. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#life

The real ordeal is not leaving those you love but learning to live without those who don't love you. ↗

— Muriel Barbery

#love #life

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate. ↗

— Erica Jong

#judgement #procrastination #life

We make such messes in this life, both accidently and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything any neater. It just masks what is below. It's only when you really dig down deep, go underground, that you can see who you really are. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#mclean-sweet #sarah-dessen #self-discovery #what-happened-to-goodbye #life

They say that only very good friends quarrel. But at the end of the day a quarrel is a fight between two people’s egos. Since people cannot understand each other by just being honest. May be its impossible to live your whole life without getting hurt but don’t hurt the people close to you. ↗

— Ai Yazawa

#nana #life

Oh, my dear, if you only knew how strange is the matter regarding which I am here, it is you who would laugh. I have learned not to think little of any one's belief, no matter how strange it may be. I have tried to keep an open mind, and it is not the ordinary things of life that could close it, but the strange things, the extraordinary things, the things that make one doubt if they be mad or sane. ↗

— Bram Stoker

#insanity #judgement #superstition #life

Returning home is the most difficult part of long-distance hiking; You have grown outside the puzzle and your piece no longer fits. ↗

— Cindy Ross

#homecoming #journey #life #philosophy #life

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago... ↗

— Cheri Huber

#self-hatred #self-loathing #life

All I am is literature, and I am not able or willing to be anything else. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#literature #life