... we are each shaped from our birth, not only by the blood and inheritance that lies behind us, but also by those we love and by whom we are loved in turn, by the knowledge given to our thirsty minds, to the learning of ourselves.

A treasure...at the top of any list of fantasy to be cherished.

We have met and hated, fought and died before - you and I. Kepta to Garin People of the Crater. Andre Norton.

There is no weapon in the end as difficult to overcome as the tongue of an enemy.

I think the human race made a big mistake at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we leaped for the mechanical things, people need the use of their hands to feel creative.

Either the law exists, or it does not.

Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to creative people.