On Animals Quotes

“I know now that even though dogs break your heart, they fill it up, even when they're gone.”
― Susan Orlean, On Animals

“even though dogs break your heart, they fill it up, even when they’re gone.”
― Susan Orlean, On Animals

“If therapists didn’t charge you and were willing to chase sticks, they would be dogs. The kindly and receptive silence, the respect for secrets, the inexhaustible supply of attention—these are a dog’s, and a therapist’s, finest qualities. Dogs, though, are more fun than therapists, more tender, more dear, and certainly more admiring.”
― Susan Orlean, On Animals

“People can be figured out, but animals are enigmatic, so the best we can do is try to understand them through the lens of people living with them or using them or raising them or wanting them.”
― Susan Orlean, On Animals