Dogs love company. They place it first on their short list of needs.

- J. R. Ackerley

I realized clearly, perhaps for the first time, what strained and anxious lives dogs must lead, so emotionally involved in the world of men, whose af…

- J. R. Ackerley

Unable to love each other, the English turn naturally to dogs

- J. R. Ackerley

Dogs read the world through their noses and write their history in urine.

- J. R. Ackerley

A dog has one aim in life... to bestow his heart.

- J. R. Ackerley

[If] you are ready enough to pull my knitting to pieces, but provide none of your own, the only sock is a sock in the jaw!

- J. R. Ackerley