One Good Dog Quotes

“The two, man and dog, stare at each other for a moment, the man taking great comfort in the reflection of himself in the dog’s brown eyes—the only eyes that don’t look at him with disappointment.”
― Susan Wilson, One Good Dog

“I once was powerful and feared. Now I was loved. A much bigger deal.”
― Susan Wilson, One Good Dog

“A lesson learned. Don’t hang out with friends who will abandon you to puke in the bushes alone and leave you vulnerable to purse snatching, and be glad it wasn’t anything more dire.”
― Susan Wilson, One Good Dog

“You can’t dwell on the past. You have to move forward.”
― Susan Wilson, One Good Dog

“Everyone knew of the guy who chose to live on the street rather than in his home, where his abandoned wife or caring children couldn’t keep him. Common knowledge. Or the guy who just fucked his life up so badly, no one wanted to be near him, his own violence and temper putting him on the street. The guy who won’t even try to hold on to his family.”
― Susan Wilson, One Good Dog

“Dogs are existentialists. We think of now. But we do have a capacity for learning, which is predicated on our understanding of the past, not as some block of time, but as an action, a pain, a smell. Our idea of the future is limited to hunger pains, I will eat, and anticipation of a walk at a certain time every day.”
― Susan Wilson, One Good Dog

“You’ve got to be tough to live in this world, whether your lip is curled in real anger or fear aggression, you have to be willing to carry out the threat.”
― Susan Wilson, One Good Dog