There are two different kinds, I believe, of human attraction: One which simply disturbs, unsettles and makes you uneasy, And another that poises, retains, and fixes and holds you.
~Arthur Hugh Clough
i have been sad in a way only my dog recognises or acknowledges. he lets us sit in the dark for hours before nudging the curtain open in my room. he comes and rests his head on me without asking to play. he eats only when i do. so beautiful and bizarre being understood like this