Toby's Story Quotes

“My life was going to be different from my mother’s. She belonged to one person, to Walt. But I did not. I wasn’t Mona’s dog, or Patsy’s, or Tyler’s, or Eddie’s. I belonged to all my friends. I was everyone’s dog. I was surrounded by people who loved me, just like Grandad was. Suddenly, I understood that I was the luckiest dog in the world.”
― W. Bruce Cameron, Toby's Story: A Puppy Tale

“That’s what’s so wonderful about dogs,” her mother said. The car stopped, and Patsy reached an arm back to stroke my head. “His allergies were awful, but he doesn’t hold any kind of a grudge, does he? He’s trying to tell you not to feel bad. He’s forgiven us already. Wouldn’t the world be a better place if people forgave each other as easily as dogs do?”
― W. Bruce Cameron, Toby's Story: A Puppy Tale

“Most of these people smelled of something unusual, something I had never smelled before. I could not decide if I liked it or not. It was not a smell of the outside world that I was used to. Really, all that it smelled of was clean. Who would want to be clean when dirty smells were so much more interesting?”
― W. Bruce Cameron, Toby's Story: A Puppy Tale

“I loved being with my mother. I loved her closeness and her smell and her warmth. But I knew, deep down, that I should belong to a human family, just like my brothers and sisters. What if I never found my human family? What if nobody wanted me?”
― W. Bruce Cameron, Toby's Story: A Puppy Tale

“But Walt didn’t chase the car, for some reason. That was my first hint that people don’t always understand how to have fun. They need dogs to show them.”
― W. Bruce Cameron, Toby's Story: A Puppy Tale