Pet Loss Quotes
By Angeline Simmons, January 12, 2025
When you lose a pet, it can be helpful to read quotes from others about the experience. For some people, reading the Rainbow Bridge poem can bring solace, while others may find it easier to read what celebrities who lost pets have said about the experience.
Either way, it can be comforting to review words about saying goodbye to their best friends. You may consider reading these privately, or at an event, such as a dog or cat memorial ceremony.
Check out 35 pet loss quotes below.
Quotes About Pet Loss
“Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.” — Amy Sedaris
“Life is eternal and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon.”― Rossiter Worthington Raymond
“I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you, but instead I am deeply honored knowing you spent the rest of your life with me.” — Camille Marcotte
“Death ends a life, not a relationship. All the love you created is still there. All the memories are still there. You live on in the hearts of everyone you have touched and nurtured while you were here.”— Mitch Albom
“If there ever comes a day where we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.” — Winnie the Pooh
“Grief is the price we pay for love.” — Queen Elizabeth II
“We get no choice. If we love, we grieve." — Thomas Lynch
“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” — Winnie the Pooh
“Pets are not just animals, they are gifts to us that bring love and joy to our lives.” — Bob Barker
“I loved you for your whole life and I’ll miss you for the rest of mine.” — Anonymous
“Tears water our growth.” — William Shakespeare
Loss of a Dog Quotes
“In a world of good boys, he was the best.” — Jon Stewart
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” — Roger Caras
“Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn’t ever know we had.” — Thom Jones
“I know dogs don’t live as long as we do, but why not?” — Ashley Tisdale
“Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss.” — Erica Jong
“Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless he's owned a dog.” — Gene Hill
“No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich.” — Louis Sabin
“I can't put into words what a dog’s love does to a heart. But if you have one, you already know.” — Miranda Lambert
“You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.” — Robert Louis Stevenson
“If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went.” – Will Rogers
“When you adopt a dog, you have a lot of very good days and one very bad day.” — W. Bruce Cameron
“Dogs’ lives are too short. Their only fault, really.” — Agnes Sligh Turnbull
“Once you’ve had a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished.” — Dean Koontz
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” ― Andy Rooney
Cat Loss Quotes
“Time spent with a cat is never wasted.” — Sigmund Freud
“No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat.” — Leo Dworkin
“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” — Jean Cocteau
“Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom of spirit.” — Lloyd Alexander
“When the cat you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” — Anonymous
“Cats choose us; we don’t own them.” — Kristin Cast
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.” — Albert Schweitzer
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” — Leonardo da Vinci
“How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.” — Robert A. Heinlein
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.” — Charles Dickens