Any cat that misses a mouse pretends it was aiming for the dead leaf.

Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives

I will protect you until you are grown and then I will let you fly free, but loving you, that is for always.

A dog desires affection more than its dinner. Well - almost.

After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.

In the welter of statistics about selected ethnic origins (singular or multiple) in the last census, one finding was often overlooked. Of the 25,309,330 people living in Canada in 1986, only 69,065 declared themselves as Canadians.

Success is not fame or money or the power to bewitch. it is to have created something valuable from your own individuality and skill a garden, an embroidery, a painting, a cake, a life.