His masculinity was only too apparent

But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.

Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.

The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.

I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.

In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)

I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.