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We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.

George Eliot
Dog, Live Life, Animal
"Puppy Love: new BBC4 comedy explores the UK's canine compulsion" by Joanna Scanlan & Vicki Pepperdine, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2014.
We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.