We don't need to have just one favorite. We keep adding favorites. Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most directly to us at a particular stage in our lives. And our lives change. We have other favorites that give us what we most need at that particular time. But we never lose the old favorites. They're always with us. We just sort of accumulate them.
Lloyd AlexanderThe only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now. As we tell the kittens, you can only wash one paw at a time.
Lloyd AlexanderI have never known courage to be judged by the length of a man's hair. Or, for the matter of that, whether he has any hair at all.
Lloyd AlexanderMost cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce.
Lloyd Alexander