Midas Dekkers

“Human beings fall for other human beings. And if they occasionally fall for an animal, they are attracted by the animal's human features. What attracts the dog lover is not the doggishness of a dog — the fact that it drools and pants and stinks and moults — but its human qualities — faithfulness, gratitude, patience in waiting for its master, if necessary reinforced with the aid of tricks such as sitting up and begging. Dogs, cats and rabbits are mirrors in which we love ourselves, and if the mirror is enough of a caricature — not ridiculous, but touching — it may even happen that we prefer the animal to the human being. The fact is that in some respects some animals are even more human than human beings themselves. No human being has such an entreating expression as a basset hound, no human being is as loyal as his dog.”
― Midas Dekkers, Dearest Pet: On Bestiality