The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs Quotes

“Blessedly, dogs are free of irony and are strangers to cynicism (despite the etymology of the word—from the Greek kynikos, “dog-like”).”
― The New Yorker, The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs

“Artists and writers seem to permit themselves an emotional latitude when speaking of their dogs which they might consider inappropriate, unseemly, or merely too private when referring to friends and lovers.”
― The New Yorker, The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs

“One possible answer is that you see the subject of man’s affection for dogs as a way of examining all sorts of broader issues. Is it the case of a simple thing revealing a great many complex truths? We do a lot of this at The New Yorker. To be honest: I do a lot of this at The New Yorker—always going on and on about how A is just a metaphor for B, and blah, blah, blah. But let’s be clear. You didn’t really buy this book because of some grand metaphor. Dogs are not about something else. Dogs are about dogs.”
― The New Yorker, The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs