Dogs possess a quality that's rare among humans -- the ability to make you feel valued just by … - Caroline Knapp

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For many years Hollywood held this double lure for me, tremendous sums of money for work that required no more effort than a game of pinochle.

Caroline Knapp

Dogs possess a quality that's rare among humans -- the ability to make you feel valued just by being you -- and it was something of a miracle to me to be on the receiving end of all that acceptance. The dog didn't care what I looked like, or what I did for a living, or what a train wreck of a life I'd led before I got her, or what we did from day to day. She just wanted to be with me, and that awareness gave me a singular sensation of delight.

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