Quotes from 'Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him', a heartwarming dog story like no other: Tuesday, a lovable golden retriever, changes a former soldier's life forever.

“Moments of quiet friendship are what make life-everyone's life-grand”

“This is who I am. I am loving but wounded, and I need someone to take me as I am.”

“When he lay beside me with his dog-breath sighs, it was if he was saying, Give me your sadness. I will take it, as much as you need. If it kills us both, so be it. I am here.”

“The dogs brought it all back to, you know, to the human side.”

“That's the moment when Tuesday, after all his caution, stopped being just my service dog, and my emotional support, and my conversation piece. That's when he became my friend.”

“I am, in fact, committed to being honest with myself so that I can overcome this situation. This includes not succumbing to the path of least r…

Quotes from the Book 'Paw Prints in the Sand ' by Elizabeth Parker

“A dog is not a thing. A thing is replaceable. A dog is not. A thing is disposable. A dog is not. A thing doesn’t have a heart. A dog’s heart is bigger than any “thing” you can ever own.”

“Whoever declared that love at first sight doesn’t exist has never witnessed the purity of a puppy or looked deep into a puppy’s eyes. If they did, their lives would change considerably.”

“There will always be detours in the fascinating game called life. Find the path to your heart’s desires, and stay on course.”

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Quotes from 'The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel ' by Dean Koontz

“Dogs, lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you're going to lose a dog, and there's going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can't support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion. There's such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware that it comes with an unbearable price. Maybe loving dogs is a way we do penance for all the other illusions we allow ourselves and the mistakes we make because of those illusions.”

“Too many dogs continue to be abused and abandond - one is too many - and people continue to kill people for money and envy and no reason at all. Bad people succeed and good people fail, but that's not the end of the story. Miracles happen that nobody sees, and among us walk heroes…