Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.

Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.

we fork ourselves to death with the tines with which we
spear the muscles of innocent animals.

we fork ourselves to death with the tines with which we
spear the muscles of innocent animals.

I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much
Like something with no living of its own.

I hate a word like "pets": it sounds so much
Like something with no living of its own.

One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find read more

One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why

There is a calf
within California
many calves drowned in Chino mud.

There is a calf
within California
many calves drowned in Chino mud.

Mary had a little lamb and the doctor fainted.

Mary had a little lamb and the doctor fainted.

A dog wags its tail with its heart

A dog wags its tail with its heart

One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some
blundering fool may try to make a read more

One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some
blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's
ear.

The animals of the world exist
for their own reasons. They were
not made for humans any more read more

The animals of the world exist
for their own reasons. They were
not made for humans any more
than black people were made for
whites or women for men.
She is author of The Color Purple.