'Marley and Me' was a book I was proud of and believed in, but I thought it would just have a modest audience because it is such a personal story about my marriage and my family. — John Grogan Copy Share Image
Certain people are not going to connect with a book about the effect a dog has on a family. But every one of us has parents and has either said goodbye to those parents or knows that someday they will. — John Grogan Copy Share Image
Dogs are great. Bad dogs, if you can really call them that, are perhaps the greatest of them all. — John Grogan Copy Share Image
A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog. — John Grogan Copy Share Image
Then I dropped my forehead against his and sat there for a long time, as if I could telegraph a message through our two skulls, from my brain to his. I wanted to make him understand some things. You know all that stuff we’ve always said about you?” I whispered. “What a total pain you are? Don’t believe it. Don’t… — John Grogan Copy Share
'Marley and Me' was a book I was proud of and believed in, but I thought it would just have a modest audience because… — John Grogan Copy Share Image
Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and… — John Grogan Copy Share Image
Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as… — John Grogan Copy Share Image
I'm pathologically incapable of making decisions. Just ask my wife how long it took me to propose - on second thought, best not to… — John Grogan Copy Share Image
“A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water log stick will do just fine. A dog doesn't care if your rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he'll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel… — John Grogan Copy Share
Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs - loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love - can be elusive to humans. — John Grogan Copy Share Image
If you still think you're a young pup then you are, no matter what the calendar says — John Grogan Copy Share Image
