the real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance ... Days are no longer jagged peaks to climb; time is a meadow, and we move over it with level steps.

Perhaps what makes friendship and love exciting is the continuing discovery of another personality.

Cat lovers know that every cat is remarkable.

A cat is, by and large, sophisticated and complex, and capable of creating three-act plays around any single piece of action.

Father was the most unreconciled taxpayer I ever knew.

nothing decorates a home like books. There they are, waiting to decorate the mind, too!

Being a good neighbor is an art which makes life richer.