"Everybody is born so that they can learn how to live a good life — like loving everybody and being nice, right? Well, animals already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long." ~Shane
Source: Extracted from the story of Rites of Passage by Robin Downing, D.V.M. as reproduced by the Inspiration Line.
Quote is attributed to a little boy named Shane, a four year old son of Ron and Lisa who owned a blue heeler dog named Belker, who died of cancer.
"Non Degener Addam" (I add without loss)