“Even on my best days, I always wished life excited me as much as it excited her.” — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“I think about all the people I need to forgive. My mother for not saying she loves me? We're too often guilty of thinking… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“You wouldn’t think a twelve-year-old dachshund would be good at Monopoly, but you’d be wrong there.” — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“To die would be an awfully big adventure. But it’s not true. Life is the real adventure. Having the hurricane inside you is the… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“Dogs, on the other hand... dogs have pure souls. Look at me." I grab her chin and look straight into her eyes. "Dogs are… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“I understand that most everyone thinks they have the world's greatest dog, and I'd be hard-pressed to make the case that Lily was the… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“We will lost everything that matters, or everything that matters will lose us. It is predestined, the nature of life.” — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“Lily thinks about this. "All of my memories are my favorite memories." I'm amazed by this. "Even the bad ones?" "Dogs don't remember bad… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“Even on my best days, I always wished life excited me as much as it excited her.” — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“I can sit with her quietly, our bodies touching just enough to generate warmth, to share the vibrating energy of all living things, until… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“What’s wrong with Tuesdays?” Trent asks. “Everything. Monday’s always Monday, but at least it’s the start of something new. Wednesday is hump day, Thursday’s… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“I wish I was curled up on the floor in the sun beside Lily. I wish I could lay my hand on her like… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“I had done all the right things. I had Lily. I had Jeffrey. I had a family. And then I didn’t. I don’t understand… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
“My problem is the opposite of mankind's: not having gone into battle often enough, not having waged enough war. I've always shied from confrontation,… — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
