The opportunity to love a dog and to treat it with kindness is an opportunity for a lost and selfish heart to be redeemed. They are powerless and innocent, and it is how we treat the humblest among us that surely determines the fate of our souls β¨ Dean Koontz (2007). The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel, p.107, Bantam
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