The first dog I had was owned by an abusive couple. He was very skittish. He wouldn't let me hold him. It was explained to me that it was because of how he was treated.
“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own.”
“A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.”