“If someone does not love dogs… don't trust them.”

“Love is when you give someone else the power to destroy you, and you trust them not to do it.”

“The dog had no name. For a dog to have a name someone must have him and someone must love him, and a dog must have someone. The dog had no one, and no one had the dog. The dog had only the silent empty countryside of the few houses. The dog had only the crumbs and cleaned bones he could pick up at the few houses. The dog had only himself, so the dog had nothing, and he was afraid.”

“You don't stop loving someone just because you hate them.”

“You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”

“Like some dogs: kick them once and they never trust you again, no matter how nice you are to them.”

“I want to believe you, but if that's true, I just don't get it. Why does loving somebody mean you have to hurt them just as much? I mean, if that's the way it goes, what's the point of loving someone?”

“He was wild the way a mistreated dog becomes wild, not because it loves freedom, but because it has lost trust.”

“The most significant aspect of any long term sustained relationship is trust; not even love is stronger; hence, you can love someone without trust.”

“Those in love with someone who does not treat them special has endured countless hours of sorrow and despair.”