"There is a cycle of love and death
that shapes the lives of those who
choose to travel in the company
of animals. It is a cycle unlike
any other. To those who have never
lived through its turnings and walked
its rocky path, our willingness
to give our hearts with full
knowledge that they will be broken
seems incomprehensible. Only we
know how small a price we pay
for what we receive; our grief,
no matter how powerful it may
be, is an insufficient measure of
the joy we have been given."