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The windows on the Dovetail side of the gatehouse were larger, and she could see the two corgi dogs ...

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It had come from one of two corgis who were even now slamming their preposterous bodies into each ot...

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Coraline opened the box of chocolates. The dog looked at them longingly."Would you like one?" she as...

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I will not be my father's dog.

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Neil GaimanTrigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

I've long suspected dogs of being much smarter than people; I was even certain they could speak, but...

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Nikolai GogolThe Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.

Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.

Hounds follow those who feed them.

Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?

Joyful, joyful, joyful,as only dogs know how to be happywith only the autonomyof their shameless spi...

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He himself, he realized, had always been most abominably frightened, even at the height of his divin...

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He himself, he realized, had always been most abominably frightened, even at the height of his divin...

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He himself, he realized, had always been most abominably frightened, even at the height of his divin...

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He himself, he realized, had always been most abominably frightened, even at the height of his divin...

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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.

There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in...

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A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

You think those dogs will not be in heaven! I tell you they will be there long before any of us.

I've changed my ways a little, I cannot nowRun with you in the evenings along the shore,Except in a ...

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Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky;And the Wolf that shall keep it m...

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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will h...

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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will h...

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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will h...

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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will h...

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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will h...

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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will h...

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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will h...

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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will h...

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I like to search for class struggle in strange domains. For example it is clear that in classical Ho...

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Horace, like all dogs, heard dead-voices quite often, and sometimes saw their owners.

Horace, like all dogs, heard dead-voices quite often, and sometimes saw their owners. The dead were ...

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People always love it when you say their dogs are nice. Just shows you how out of touch they are.

Poor Cook, thought Captain, I must be kinder to her. She makes a splendid pet. How faithful she is! ...

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Thus went my first Court Day.I think I'm going to puke.

And then there were cats, thought Dog. He'd surprised the huge ginger cat from next door and had att...

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Terry PratchettGood Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter

Watching a dog try to chew a large piece of toffee is a pastime fit for gods. Mr. Fusspot's mixed an...

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Pride is all very well, but a sausage is a sausage.

Dogs are not like cats, who amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener ...

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The universe contains any amount of horrible ways to be woken up, such as the noise of the mob break...

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Did I hear things, or can that little dog speak?” said Dibbler.“He says he can’t,” said Victor.Dibbl...

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William groaned. It was Vimes. Worse, he was smiling, in a humourless predatory way."Ah, Mr de Worde...

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The dogs were really keening now, like Irish widows.

The dogs left with us and we walked. I sobbed the whole way home, still heartbroken. My mom had no t...

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Trevor NoahBorn a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

There are talking dogs all over the place, unbelievably boring they are, on and on and on about sex ...

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Buy for me from the King's own kennels, the finest elk hounds of the Royal strain, male and female. ...

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In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine yo...

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I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.

I am his Highness' dog at Kew;Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumo...

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There are all sorts of cute puppy dogs, but it doesn't stop people from going out and buying Doberma...

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It is natural for our unamiable sex to dislike the creatures, for you ladies lavish so many caresses...

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Anne BrontëThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Lebedev: France has a clear and defined policy... The French know what they want. They just want to ...

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There are seventy-five perfumes, which it is very necessary that a criminal expert should be able to...

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A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy...

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Arthur Conan DoyleThe Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

I do not know whether it came from his own innate depravity or from the promptings of his master, bu...

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Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock Holmes

Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is a little lost pup with his tail tucked in!

A dog can’t think that much about what he’s doing, he just does what feels right.

New Rule: If you're one of the one-in-three married women who say your pet is a better listener than...

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Bill MaherThe New New Rules: A Funny Look At How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass

I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person.

People love dogs. This is, I hope, the least surprising sentence you will read in this book. I mysel...

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Bill NyeUndeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation

This dog is mine," said those poor children; "that is my place in the sun." Here is the beginning an...

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The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.

The strangest thing has happened. I really missed my dog. That's never happened to me before. You kn...

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The feeling of loathing had as yet no permanence or strength in the dog’s soul. The newly awakened j...

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Nimrod began to understand that what he was experiencing was, in spite of its appearance of novelty,...

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Bruno SchulzThe Street of Crocodiles

Once when I had remarked on the affection quite often found between cat and dog, my friend replied, ...

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The more boys I meet the more I love my dog.

I agree with Agassiz that dogs possess something very like a conscience.

All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed.For after all, he was only...

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There must be different kinds of loneliness, or at least different degrees of loneliness, but the mo...

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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.

Another thing I take issue with are people who take their dogs on "play dates," or even worse, peopl...

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The big one was at least cute, and as annoying as she was, you couldn't get mad at a golden retrieve...

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I don't appreciate people who celebrate their dog's birthdays with "dog parties," and then invite th...

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In a Pyongyang restaurant, don't ever ask for a doggie bag.

If we stay with animal analogies for a moment, owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide...

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Christopher HitchensThe Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, m...

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If you make a fool of yourself in front of a cat, he will sneer at you, if you are sober; he will le...

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Scratching Yogi's ears Michelle says 'That's just part of his job, the comforting. That's what I mea...

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Chuck PalahniukStranger than Fiction

It's like coming home," said Webster and he wasn't talking to the dog. "It's like you've been away f...

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I can't go back," said Towser. "Nor I," said Fowler. "They would turn me back into a dog," said Tows...

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You'd help if you could, wouldn't you, boy?" I said. "It's no wonder they call you man's best friend...

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Connie WillisTo Say Nothing of the Dog

Live by yourself and you bound to talk yourself and when ye commence that folks start it up that you...

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Why did dogs make one want to cry? There was something so quiet and hopeless about their sympathy. J...

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Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should aris...

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You can say any fool thing to a dog and the dog will just give you this look that says, 'My GOSH, yo...

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You could be Charles Manson, or Hitler, or even a lawyer who advertises on television, and your dog ...

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Dave BarryI'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood

Other useful commands to teach your dog are 'stay,' 'heel,' 'remove your snout from that person's gr...

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Dave BarryI'll Mature When I'm Dead: Dave Barry's Amazing Tales of Adulthood

Mario, what do you get when you cross an insomniac, an unwilling agnostic and a dyslexic?""I give.""...

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Scream at the mangled leather carcass lying at the foot of the stairs, and my parents would roar wit...

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David SedarisMe Talk Pretty One Day

Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their ...

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This may be the primary purpose of dogs: to restore our sense of wonder and to help us maintain it, ...

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May I tell you a wonderful truth about your dog? ... You have been given stewardship of what you in ...

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Dean KoontzA Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog

May I tell you a wonderful truth about your dog? ... In our religion, we believe in reincarnation. W...

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Dean KoontzA Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog