A Friend Like Henry Quotes

“To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though in as much as he had four legs, a tail and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those of us who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.”
― Nuala Gardner, A Friend Like Henry

“To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though in as much as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those of us who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.”
― Nuala Gardner, A Friend Like Henry: The Remarkable True Story of an Autistic Boy and the Dog That Unlocked His World

“trance, completely transfixed—not, as I had”
― Nuala Gardner, A Friend Like Henry: The Remarkable True Story of an Autistic Boy and the Dog That Unlocked His World

“Henry had become Dale’s telephone; with his unthreatening face and eyes, he was not making the type of social demands on Dale that a person would. He had also become Dale’s first real friend, teaching him how to be successful in a relationship without all the pressure that would come with a human friend.”
― Nuala Gardner, A Friend Like Henry

“Oh, that’s terrible, that’s not nice.” We immediately stopped what we were doing in the kitchen and hurried through to the lounge, not quite believing that our son was actually sounding as though he felt sorry for someone. On the screen, there was a badly injured woman in a mangled car. We eavesdropped as Dale went on, “Oh, dear, Henry, that’s a shame.” Jamie and I looked at each other in amazement—at long last our son was showing empathy—but with impeccable timing came Dale’s punchline: “It’s all broke, Henry. Poor car.” We resigned ourselves to a slightly longer wait for empathy. Despite our continued efforts to engage with Dale”
― Nuala Gardner, A Friend Like Henry: The Remarkable True Story of an Autistic Boy and the Dog That Unlocked His World