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Nicole 2022-04-23 07:01:51

A dog has no use for fancy cars or big homes or designer clothes. Status symbols mean nothing to him. A waterlogged stick will do just fine. A dog judges others not by their color or creed or class, but by who they are inside. A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his, it was really quite simple. And yet we humans, so much wiser and more sophisticated , have always had trouble figuring out what really counts and what does not. As I wrote that farewell column to marley, I realized it was all right there in front of us, if only we opened our eyes. Sometimes it took a dog with bad breath, worse manners and pure intentions to help us see.

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Marley & Me quotes

  • Jennifer Grogan: You're part of the plan.

    John Grogan: Oh yeah?

    Jennifer Grogan: My plan... Step 1: Meet an incredibly sweet, smart, sexy man.

    John Grogan: Done. Step 2?

    Jennifer Grogan: Marry you instead.

  • Arnie Klein: There's gonna come a time very soon, when her ankles are gonna swell up, she's gonna have blotches all over her face, she'll be forty pounds overweight, she'll be throwing up all the time, she's gonna look at you and she'll say "You bastard! You did this to me!"

    John Grogan: What happened to the glow, you know the...

    Arnie Klein: There's no glow.