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

History records the large events or the general condition of society, but only an individual can put down the way of life in a small town.

There must be hundreds of unsung heroes and heroines who first tasted strange things growing - and think of the man who first ate a lobster. This staggers the imagination. I salute him every time I take my nutcracker in hand and move the melted-butter pipkin closer.

Happiness is a thing of now.

The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch something, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you hate to leave in case something might bite.

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

I love both the way a dog looks up to me and a cat condescends to me.