Dog Death Quotes

• Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives.

  John Galsworthy

  Dog, Loss, Animal

  John Galsworthy (2013). “Delphi Works of John Galsworthy (Illustrated)”, p.3602, Delphi Classics

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• If there is a heaven, it's certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them.

  Pam Brown

  Religious, Dog, Animal

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• I guess you don't really own a dog, you rent them, and you have to be thankful that you had a long lease.

  Joe Garagiola

  Friendship, Dog, Loss

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• To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.

  Hermione Gingold

  Dog, Loss, Perfect

  Hermione Gingold (1958). “The world is square”

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• The best way to get over a dog's death is to get another soon.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dog, Loss, Way

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• The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master.

  Ben Hur Lampman

  Dog, Heart, Loss

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• His ears were often the first thing to catch my tears.

  Elizabeth Barrett Browning

  Animal, Tears, Firsts

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