We know how much pets mean to most people. People love their pets and consider them members of their family. Inspirational pet loss quotes will provide a bit of comfort and help you about dealing with grief.
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Famous Pet Loss Quotes
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. Anatole France
Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn’t breaking. It hurts because it’s getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds. Rita Mae Brown
The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not get over the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with it. You will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will never be the same. Nor should you be the same nor would you want to. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love. Hilary Stanton Zunin
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. From an Irish Headstone
Dogs do not ruin their sleep worrying about how to keep the objects they have, and to obtain the objects they have not. There is nothing of value they have to bequeath except their love and their faith. Eugene O’Neill
The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief. But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love. Hilary Stanton Zunin
Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes. Gene Hill
Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim. Vicki Harrison
Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. Anatole France
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. Aeschylus
I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the Role Model for being alive. Gilda Radner
I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone you just learn to live around the huge gaping hole of their absence. Alyson Noel
If not for dogs, how would we know the meaning of unconditional love. M.L. Gerard
Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love them. Amy Sedaris
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went. Will Rogers
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. James Herriot
If there is a heaven, it’s certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them. Pam Brown
Our animal friends teach us more than we could have expected and love us more than we could have hoped that’s why we miss them more than we could have imagined.
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. Mark Twain
They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite. Cassandra Clare
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s. Mark Twain
If there is a heaven, it’s certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them. Pam Brown
If I have any beliefs about immortality it is that certain dogs I know will go to heaven, and very very few people. James Thurber
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us. Robert Louis Stevenson
To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice, though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked, I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman. Hermione Gingold
You think the final act of love is setting them free to Rainbow Bridge? That is not the final act of love. The final act of love is releasing them from your leash of grief so they can be free in the heaven on the other side of the Bridge. Kate McGahan
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. Khalil Gibran
The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made his greatest gift the commonest. Martin Luther
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller
One day we will see our animals again in the eternity of Christ. Paradise is open to all of God’s creatures. Pope Francis
Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives. John Galsworthy
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. Winnie The Pooh
The pain passes, but the beauty remains. Pierre Auguste Renoir
Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn’t ever know we had. Thom Jones
Grief doesn’t have a plot. It isn’t smooth. There is no beginning and middle and end. Ann Hood
Once you have a wonderful dog, a life without one, is a life diminished. Dean Koontz
Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn’t breaking. It hurts because it’s getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds. Rita Mae Brown
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Jack Lemmon
It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them. John Grogan
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. Isaac Asimov
Pets lives are too short. Their only fault. Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Dogs make you somebody in the eyes of the universe. Bob Sullivan
I feel about my pets now, and all the pets I had before this, the way I feel about children they are that important to me. When I have lost a pet I have gone into a mourning period that lasted for months. Mary Tyler Moore
The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be. Konrad Lorenz
The difference between friends and pets is that friends we allow into our company, pets we allow into our solitude. Robert Brault
The one best place to bury a good dog is in the heart of his master. Ben Hur Lampman
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. Winnie the Pooh
That one true heart was left behind! What feeling do we ever find, to equal among humankind, a dog’s fidelity! Thomas Hardy
Gradually and with time letting go of the pain of our loss, bit by bit, never means letting go of our love. Barbara Schulte
All his sweet and shaggy life, always near me, never troubling me, and asking nothing. Pablo Neruda
The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me? Sir Walter Scott
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. Roger Caras
Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he’s owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest affection with a flick of his tail than a man can gather through a lifetime of handshakes. Gene Hill
Time spent with a cat is never wasted. Sigmund Freud
The bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be. Konrad Lorenz
A home without a cat and a well fed, well petted and properly revered cat may be a home, perhaps, but how can it prove title? Mark Twain
I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time? Sir Walter Scott
No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. Leo Dworken
I guess you don’t really own a dog, you rent them, and you have to be thankful that you had a long lease. Joe Garagiola
I have sometimes thought of the final cause of dogs having such short lives and I am quite satisfied it is in compassion to the human race; for if we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of ten or twelve years, what would it be if they were to live double that time? The misery of keeping a dog is his dying so soon. But, to be sure, if he lived for fifty years and then died, what would become of me? Sir Walter Scott
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. Will Rogers
The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. Samuel Butler
Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs your heart is very big. Erica Jong
Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really. Agnes Sligh Turnbull
What greater gift than the love of a cat. Charles Dickens
Love is love, I told her, as I tell all of my patients who are ashamed to find themselves shattered by the death of a dog. Loss is loss. Meg Donohue
No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. Leo Dworken
Honor your grief and the pain you feel when you lose a beloved pet. It is the first step toward healing. Karen A Anderson
The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit and freedom. Sharon Ralls Lemon
I rarely have a pet tell me their human ended their life too soon. It’s far more common to hear that their humans waited too long to help them leave their body. Karen A Anderson
Grief is so painfully real, regardless of its origin. The love of, and attachment to, an animal friend can equal that of human relationships. Likewise, the loss of an animal can be just as devastating. Rev. Joel L. Morgan
Of course, not all dogs return to their owners. When they do, it is because a special bond exists between that dog and that person, a karmic bond that transcends death. Do you and your dog share this kind of special bond? Probably you do. You are reading this book because you are meant to read it. Gail Graham
Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives. John Galsworthy
What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us. Helen Keller
Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. Kabil Gibran
Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you. I loved you so twas Heaven here with you. Isla Paschal Richardson
I felt a grief that I had really not experienced before, even though I had lost relatives. John Grogan
A pet is never truly forgotten until it is no longer remembered. Lacie Petitto
Having a pet is a risk you always have the grief ahead. But that’s the flip side of love. Tania
Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it. Amy Sedaris
We should never underestimate the powerful draw of a bond with a being that loves us unconditionally, asking very little in return. Losing this comfort and source of joy can be incomprehensible. Linda Lipshutz
In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain. Marianne Williamson
One day we will again see our animals in the eternity of Christ. Pope Paul VI
We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment. George Eliot
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose; all that we have loved deeply, becomes a part of us. Helen Keller
We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle; easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we would still live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan. Irving Townsend
Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim. Vicki Harrison
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it. Amy Sedaris
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. Thornton Wilder
If there is a heaven, it’s certain our animals are to be there. Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them. Pam Brown
Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn’t in us. It’s almost as if were put here on earth to show how silly they aren’t. Russell Hoban
