The 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.

If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.

It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him.

Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.

She had no particular breed in mind, no unusual requirements. Except the special sense of mutual recognition that tells dog and human they have both come to the right place.

Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.

After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.