“When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole.”
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The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.
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My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
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Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
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