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1 " My life was going to be different from my mother’s. She belonged to one person, to Walt. But I did not. I wasn’t Mona’s dog, or Patsy’s, or Tyler’s, or Eddie’s. I belonged to all my friends. I was everyone’s dog. I was surrounded by people who loved me, just like Grandad was. Suddenly, I understood that I was the luckiest dog in the world. "
― W. Bruce Cameron , Toby's Story: A Dog's Purpose Puppy Tale
2 " But Walt didn’t chase the car, for some reason. That was my first hint that people don’t always understand how to have fun. They need dogs to show them. "
3 " I loved being with my mother. I loved her closeness and her smell and her warmth. But I knew, deep down, that I should belong to a human family, just like my brothers and sisters. What if I never found my human family? What if nobody wanted me? "
4 " Most of these people smelled of something unusual, something I had never smelled before. I could not decide if I liked it or not. It was not a smell of the outside world that I was used to. Really, all that it smelled of was clean. Who would want to be clean when dirty smells were so much more interesting? "
5 " That’s what’s so wonderful about dogs,” her mother said. The car stopped, and Patsy reached an arm back to stroke my head. “His allergies were awful, but he doesn’t hold any kind of a grudge, does he? He’s trying to tell you not to feel bad. He’s forgiven us already. Wouldn’t the world be a better place if people forgave each other as easily as dogs do? "