Shiloh Quotes

“…and I’m thinking how nothing is as simple as you guess-not right or wrong, not Judd Travers, not even me or this dog I got here. But the good part is I saved Shiloh and opened my eyes some. Now that ain’t bad for eleven.”
― Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh

“If Jesus ever comes back to earth again, I’m thinking, he’ll come as a dog, because there isn’t anything as humble or patient or loving or loyal as the dog I have in my arms right now.”
― Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh

“how one lie leads to another and before you know it, your whole life can be a lie.”
― Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh

“You get a dog on your mind, it seems to fill up the whole space. Everything you do reminds you of that dog.”
― Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh

“No one looks up. No one pauses. No one even questions. Easy as falling off a log.”
― Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh

“lie don’t seem a lie anymore when it’s meant to save a dog, and right and wrong’s all mixed up in my head.”
― Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh

“I don't feel good about the lies I tell Dara Lynn or David or his ma. But don't feel exactly bad, neither. If what Grandma Preston told me once about heaven and hell is true, and liars go to hell, then I guess that's where I'm headed. But she also told me that only people are allowed in heaven, not animals. And if I was to go to heaven and look down to see Shiloh left below, head on his paws, I'd run away from heaven sure.”
― Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh