...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.

Nobody whom this war has touched will ever be happy again in quite the same way. But it will be a better happiness, I think, little sister - a happiness we've earned.

Fancies are like shadows...you can't cage them, they're such wayward, dancing things.

The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. "It is the most contented sound in the world.

The only true animal is a cat, and the only true cat is a gray cat.

You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.

There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won't talk back - unless it is a woman who won't.