No, my dog used to gaze at me, paying me the attention I need, the attention requiredto make a vain person like me understandthat, being a dog, he was wasting time, but, with those eyes so much purer than mine, he’d keep on gazing at mewith a look that reserved for me aloneall his sweet and shaggy life, always near me, never troubling me, and asking nothing. Pablo Neruda
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The quote "No, my dog used to gaze at me, paying me the attention I need, the attention required to make a vain person like me understand that, being a dog, he was wasting time, but with those eyes so much purer than mine, he'd keep on gazing at me with a look that reserved for me alone all his sweet and shaggy life, always near me, never troubling me, and asking nothing" is a poem by Elizabeth Bishop. In this poem Bishop describes her dog's love for her. It shows that even animals can give us love and affection without expecting anything in return.

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