Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog; it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs, your heart is very big.

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Anger is really disappointed hope

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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

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Life has no plot. It is by far more interesting than anything you can say about it.

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There is no loneliness like the loneliness of a dead marriage.

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Fear is a sign-usually a sign that I'm doing something right.

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The dilemma is that if one does not risk anything one risks even more

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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

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The soul is awakened through service.

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