I think I could be a perfectly decent cat. I've been around cats long enough to know what the rules of being a cat are. When all else fails, wash. And I think I could master the thing that cats do, where they stalk away pretending they meant to do whatever it was in the first place; showing their wounded dignity.

Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust?

Remember your name. Do not lose hope ---what you seek will be found.

I am remarkably likeable. Few people have ever been as likeable as I am. There is, frankly, no end to my likeability. People gather together in public assemblies to discuss how much they like me. I have several awards, and a small medal from a small country in South America which pays tribute both to how much I am liked and my general all around wonderfulness. I don't have it on me, of course. I keep my medals in my sock drawer.

Adults should not weep, I knew. They did not have mothers who would comfort them.

The best way to show people true things is from a direction that they had not imagined the truth coming.

Anywhere that I can't check my email is a good place to write!