45 Quotes by William Bruce Cameron

I remembered the boy crying the day they buried Smokey in the yard, and I hoped he wouldn’t cry over my death. My purpose, my whole life, had been to love him and be with him, to make him happy.

Humans were capable of so many amazing things, but too often they just sat making words, not doing anything.

When she sat on the couch I jumped up to be with her and I put my head in her lap. I could feel some of the tension and sadness leave her. I was giving Mom comfort. This was more important than going for walks, more important than helping feed the cats – it was the most important job I had. I knew I should sit with Mom for as long as she needed me.

Unit Eight-Kilo-Six, what’s your twenty?” the radio squawked. “Eight-Kilo-Six, we are proceeding up Amalfi.

I knew, though, that life was never that easy, that instead of doors being opened for you, to get anywhere, you had to jump over fences.

I realized that today I truly understood my purpose as Ellie: not just to Find people but to save them.

It cannot be a dog’s purpose to understand what people want because it is impossible.

As I sat in the sun on the wooden dock that jutted out into the pond, I knew this to be true: my name was Buddy, and I was a good dog.

She taught me that it was a good thing to love more than just my boy, Ethan, opening my eyes to the fact that I’d actually loved many people in my lives, that loving humans was my ultimate purpose.