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He had a happy canine way of seeking approval without seeming insecure. -- Jonathan Franzen
You will discover 3 trustworthy mates, an aged wife, an aged canine, and ready dollars. -- Benjamin Franklin
Did you know that there are over three hundred words for love in canine? -- Gabrielle Zevin
We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. -- George Eliot
A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such. -- John Holmes
Koga:"You got a problem with that muttface?" Inuyasha: Did you just call me a mutt?" Koga:"No, you're right. That would be an insult to canines. -- Rumiko Takahashi
The last dog I had was an Irish wolfhound - now that is a dog. Rather spoils a person for a lesser canine, that is, anything under a hundredweight. -- Laurie R. King
How, given the canine teeth and close-set eyes that declare the human animal to be a predator, had we come up with the notion that oat bran is more natural to eat than chicken? -- Valerie Martin
For those who love dogs, it would be the worst form of a lie to call any place where dogs were banned "Paradise." Certainly no loving God would separate people from their canine friends for eternity. -- Stanley Coren
Puerto Rico has a stray dog problem. Tens of thousands of homeless canines - hundreds of thousands, by some estimates - live and die on the streets and beaches all over this Caribbean island of almost four million people. -- Juliana Hatfield
In man, social intercourse has centred mainly on the process of absorbing fluid into the organism, but in the domestic dog and to a lesser extent among all wild canine species, the act charged with most social significance is the excretion of fluid. -- Olaf Stapledon
People who keep dogs live longer on average than those who do not. This is not some kind of pro-canine campaigning fantasy. It is a simple medical fact that the calming influence of the company of a friendly pet animal reduces blood pressure and therefore the risk of heart attack. -- Desmond Morris
Men cannot think like dogs.... [There exists] a sharp difference in the mental capacity of humans and canines. For example, a human who is given an intricate problem will spend all day trying to solve it, but a canine will have the sense to give up and do something else instead. -- Corey Ford
Though the man-apes often fought and wrestled one another, their disputes very seldom resulted in serious injuries. Having no claws or fighting canine teeth, and being well protected by hair, they could not inflict much harm on one another. In any event, they had little surplus energy for such unproductive behavior; snarling and threatening was a much more efficient way of asserting their points of view. -- Arthur C. Clarke
Have you guys been playing in toxic waste again?" Fang asked severely, putting his hands on his hips. Nudge giggled. "No." "Been bitten by a radioactive spider?" Fang went on. "Struck by lightning? Drink a super-soldier serum?" "No, no, no," said Iggy. He started reaching for things around the table, and his hand landed on Total. "You're black." "I prefer canine-American." said Total. "When's that pie coming? I'm starving. -- James Patterson
Why can't I believe? she asked the darkness. Behind her eyelids she saw an animal. It was golden colour, with gentle green eyes and canine teeth, and curly wool instead of fur. It opened its mouth, but it did not speak. Instead, it yawned.It gazed at her. She gazed at it. "You are the effect of a carefully calibrated blend of plant toxins," she told it.Then she fell asleep. -- Margaret Atwood
The only love she inspires is the canine kind. -- Gabrielle Zevin
I looked at the canine companion. "Me cookies. You stay. -- Ilona Andrews
My closest friend is canine. I have precious few close friends, and most of them are not actors -- Judd Nelson
My closest friend is canine. I have precious few close friends, and most of them are not actors. -- Judd Nelson
To turn a human being into a part-canine or lupine creature takes a good deal of artistry and money. -- David Hayter
I always thought that my canine family tended to view me as the funny-looking two-legged dog who runs the can opener. -- Roger Caras
He [Iggy] started reaching for things around the table, and his hand landed on Total. "You're black." "I prefer canine-American," said Total. -- James Patterson
Superheroes are modern mythological characters, so you're going to make them look impossible. Even my Krypto The Superdog is the idealisation of the canine form. -- Jim Lee
Iâ??m adding â??canineâ?? to my searches,â? I said. â??And â??instinct.â??â? â??Whatever. Iâ??m adding â??lunatic. -- Kathy Reichs
Because humans, in effect, created dogs through domestication, the canine mind reflects back to us how we see ourselves through the eyes, ears, and noses of another species. -- Gregory Berns

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