Quotes from W. Bruce Cameron

Bailey, you take good care of Ethan, okay?" I wagged my tail in cheerful non-comprehension. Were we going for a car ride or what?

his T-shirt had words printed on it, so he was probably the brains of the outfit.

I just woke up by the side of the road in the dark like I'd been dumped there by the Mafia, but you take your time explaining, that's fine with me.

I realized in that moment just how much I loved this large kitten. She had come into the world afraid, but she had trusted me enough to play and tumble with me like any other cat, and now she was no longer timid and scared. I felt a little like I was the mother that Nala never had.

You've been using my body when I was asleep?

What's wrong with that? You're getting exercise in your sleep. We're up to five sets of fifty push-ups, three hundred sit-ups, and a run every night.

You've been driving in my sleep? Do you have any idea how dangerous that is?

If my girl threw the ball here, there was nothing to stop it from bouncing forever. Well, nothing except a good dog who would catch it and then run away from her.

I've got a voice of a dead man in my head who is trying to take over my body!

Forget it, Jake. It's Shantytown.

why has it taken so long for you to say it?

Funeral notice in the paper." "I still don't know who you're talking about," the other ice fisherman groused. "Dressed funny," the guy at the other table recalled.

if I went through life only talking to people who were glad to see me, I wouldn't be much of a repo man, now would I?

My dog back home, Molly…" CJ said to me, and her voice trailed off. She sighed. "I needed Molly so much, Max. I was younger when I got her, and stuff at home … it wasn't so great. But you—it's different with you. You need me. I just wish Jillian could see that!

Negalima pasiduoti vien tod?l, kad tikslas reikalauja iš tav?s dar daugiau pastang?.

Sometimes people can't be cheered up, no matter how much attention they get from a dog.

Unbidden, the sadness I'd felt from Senora washed through me, and I wanted to squirm up to her and lick her palms and make her happy again. Of all the things I'd ever done, making Senora laugh seemed the most important. It was, I reflected, the only thing that gave my life any purpose.

Sure, that could be. Or maybe they're in another town and couldn't get back to Paraiso. I imagine they're not allowing traffic to come toward the fire,

Grandma laughed dryly. "I think we old people sometimes forget that childhood isn't all fun and games. You're coping with a lot of things right now. But hurting other people because inside you're hurting yourself is no solution to anything. I don't think you are a bad person at heart, Grant. But if you feel that impulse again you can't act on it. It doesn't matter how righteous you are if you let yourself do awful things.

Everyone called the baby "Chase," which just seemed wrong. We had a Chase Dad, now we were going to have a Chase Baby? And Burke was Burke Dad?

Stella, Tinkerbell, and Emmet. Why on earth would a woman want three cats?

Lucy went straight to the pups and gave him a pitying look before she pulled the blanket off with her teeth, settling down heavily. It looked to Josh as if she was lying directly on some of the newborns, but Lucy wiggled and they soon were all nursing again. She lowered her head and sighed with a weariness that Josh felt connected her with all the mothers in history.

Ojalá no llorara por mi muerte. Mi propósito, toda mi vida, había consistido en amarlo y en estar con él, en hacerlo feliz. No quería provocarle ninguna clase de infelicidad ahora, así que en ese sentido pensé que era mejor que él no estuviera allí para verlo, aunque lo echaba mucho de menos y la nostalgia era tan fuerte como el dolor que sentía en la barriga.

I know," Wenling said. "When I first came here, everyone wanted to be friends with the Chinese girl. And you know what they serve me when I'm invited to their house for dinner? Still? Chinese food. Every. Single. Time.