In some ways, living with a dog is like being followed around twenty-four hours a day by a mute psychoanalyst: you get that blank screen—nonjudgmental, trusted, noncritical—but no interpretation, no words of insight or guidance, no quiet voice of reason helping you to connect the psychic dots.


Pack of Two: The Intricate Bond Between People and Dogs (1998)

Caroline Knapp Quotes

In some ways, living with a dog is like being followed around twenty-four hours a day by a mute psychoanalyst: you get that blank...

In some ways, living with a dog is like being followed around twenty-four hours a day by a mute psychoanalyst: you get that blank...

In some ways, living with a dog is like being followed around twenty-four hours a day by a mute psychoanalyst: you get that blank...

In some ways, living with a dog is like being followed around twenty-four hours a day by a mute psychoanalyst: you get that blank...