A dog wags its tail with its heart

A dog wags its tail with its heart

This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself.
[Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant;
Quand read more

This animal is very malicious; when attacked it defends itself.
[Fr., Cet animal est tres mechant;
Quand on l'attaque il se defend.]

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But
a pig read more

A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But
a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal.

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.

Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.

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.

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.

Mary had a little lamb and the doctor fainted.

Mary had a little lamb and the doctor fainted.

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.