Marley & Me is a 2005 autobiographical novel written by journalist John Grogan.
It’s about the 13 years he and his family lived with their misbehaving and destructive yellow Labrador Dog, Marley.
I have made a list of the top quotes from Marley & Me novel for you.
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Marley and Me Quotes by John Grogan
“Dogs are great. Bad dogs, if you can really call them that, are perhaps the greatest of them all.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“It’s just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn’t it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“If you still think you’re a young pup then you are, no matter what the calendar says.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“A dog doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“He was immune to pain, an unstoppable machine of muscle and sinew.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“In a world of bosses, you are your own master.” ~ John Grogan, Marley & Me.
“Yet by some stroke of almost providential good fortune, he became wanted.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“In a dog’s life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
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Quotes from Marley and Me
“A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours. Marley taught me about living each day with unbridled exuberance and joy, about seizing the moment and following your heart. He taught me to appreciate the simple things-a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. And as he grew old and achy, he taught me about optimism in the face of adversity. Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“Children serve as impossible-to-ignore, in-your-face timepieces, marking the relentless march of one’s life through what otherwise might seem an infinite sea of minutes, hours, days, and years.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. It is mazing 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 (quote from Marley and Me).
“It’s just the most amazing thing to love a dog, isn’t it? It makes our relationships with people seem as boring as a bowl of oatmeal.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. 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 (quote from Marley and Me).
Best Marley and Me Quotes by John Grogan
“Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“Kill a plant, buy a puppy. Well, of course it made perfect sense.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“Animal lovers are a special breed of humans, generous of spirit, full of empathy, perhaps a little prone to sentimentality, and with hearts as big as a cloudless sky.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“Scat Man Doo and his trusty Shit Stick had gone where no man had ever gone before. And none should ever go again.” ~ John Grogan, Marley & Me.
“There’s no such thing as a bad dog, just a bad owner.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“He taught us the are of unqualified love. How to give it, how to accept it. Where there is that, most other pieces fall into place.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“I had never thought of Marley as any kind of model, but sitting there sipping my beer, I was aware that maybe he held the secret for a good life. Never slow down, never look back, live each day w/ adolescent verve and spunk and curiosity and playfulness.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“Never slow down, never look back, live each day with adolescent verve and spunk and curiosity and playfulness.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
“He taught us the art of unqualified love. How to give it, how to accept it. Where there is that, most other pieces fall into place.” ~ John Grogan (quote from Marley and Me).
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