Dog Quotes

“Through the charred forest, over hot ash, runs Dog, with a bird clamped in his big, gentle mouth.”

″‘I know,’ says Dog. He is silent for a moment, then he says, ‘I am blind in one eye, but life is still good.‘”

“He takes her to the cave above the river, and there he tries to tend her burnt wing; but Magpie does not want his help.”

“Fly Dog, fly! I will be your missing eye, and you will be my wings.”

″‘Hop on my back,’ he says. ‘Look into the water and tell me what you see.’ Sighing, Magpie does as he asks. Reflected in the water are clouds and sky and trees- and something else. ‘I see a strange new creature!’ she says. ‘That is us,’ says Dog. ‘Now hold on tight!‘”

“Now you and Dog will know what it is like to truly be alone.”

“Then I give myself a good scratch. But there’s this one spot I can’t reach, rich in the middle of my back. One time it got so bad, I let someone scratch it.”

“i’m my own dog. Nobody owns me. I own myself. I work like a dog all day.”