Forever in Our Hearts: The Best Pet Memorial Quotes for Engraving
Losing your pet is losing a family member. Finding the right words to honour that bond can be overwhelming, and whatever you decide, you should have the option to add a personal engraving. I’ve made a list of pet memorial quotes below that are perfect for engraving, whether it’s for jewellery, a plaque, a pet headstone or a message to write in a card when your friend’s pet has passed away.
Fiber Laser Engraving
Here at Tree of Opals use a precision fiber laser engraving to ensure these tiny tributes last forever. You can see our pet memorial jewellery here
Pet Memorial Quotes
We’ve compiled a list below of pet memorial quotes inspired by pop culture and music, the arts and literature, history,TV and movies and popular phrases.
Popular Memorial Phrases
Special quotes that are instantly recognised and beloved:
Forever In My Heart
Always With Me
Over The Rainbow Bridge
Pop Culture and Music
“I will follow you into the dark” – Death Cab for Cutie
“Everything I know, I learned from dogs” – Nora Roberts, The Search
Literature and Poetry
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us” – Gandalf, Lord of the Rings
“A great soul never dies” – Maya Angelou
“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in” – Mark Twain
“How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard” – Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
“Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened” – attributed to Anatole France, a renowned Nobel Laureate in Literature
“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.” – Colette
Historical Sources and Art
“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” – Claude Monet
Movies & TV
Quotations that you may immediately recognise
“To the stars, Bowen. To the stars” – Dragonheart
“I love you 3000”– Avengers: Endgame
“He was my North, my South, my East and West” – W.H. Auden (featured in Four Weddings and a Funeral)
“There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination” – Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
“Always.” Severus Snape, Harry Potter (Simple, powerful for small surfaces)
Cat Memorial Quotes for Engraving
These quotes are perfect for cat owners, especially combined with a small paw print emoji
It’s hard to forget a cat who gave you so much to remember – popular cat memorial phrase from Etsy and social media
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats” – Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize Winner
“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul” – Jean Cocteau, French poet and playwrite
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece” – Leonardo da Vinci
“Cats are angels with fur.” – Sark
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.” – Charles Dickens
Dog Memorial Quotes for Engraving
For dogs who will be remembered forever
“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs” – Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, French President
Not all heroes wear capes, some simply wag their tails – popular dog memorial phrase from Etsy and social media
“Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail.” – Kinky Friedman
* **”Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.”** — *Roger Caras*
Short and Sweet (Under 20 Characters)
Specifically for small jewellery pieces or ring bands.
Good boy/girl
Until we meet again
Walk with me
Forever my shadow
Best Friend
Technical Tip: Designing for Engraving
Our popular fonts are: Arial, Bugaki, Gabrielly, Times New Roman, Vivaldi, Amazone BT, Silver South Serif or Silver South Script, Monotype Corsiva, Lucida Calligraphy, Eyelash and Mordova. Arial is the most popular, and Bugaki and Gabrielly are the boldest and most visible in small spaces because they’re “condensed” fonts (they have small risers and lowers) whereas a font like Silver South Script is extremely hard to read on small areas like 2mm ring bands.
Arial, Times New Roman, Vivaldi, Amazone BT, Silver South Serif or Silver South Script
You can choose a quote based on the surface area of the specific Tree of Opals piece they are buying. A small bead core is better for a name and two dates in Arial or Gabrielly, for example, and a chunky 6mm wide band ring could have a poem over two lines, or a teardrop bezel necklace would be perfect for a more scripty font like Silver South Script or Eyelash.
At Tree of Opals we use a MOPA fiber laser for “high-contrast” engraving, making even the smallest text legible. Explore our Pet Memorial Collection and find the perfect piece for your tribute and remember our text engraving is always free.
