A teddy bear is your childhood wrapped up in faded yellow fur, and as such, he commands affection long after he is out grown.

It should be possible to exist with only a short shelf of books, to read and give away. After all - we may not open a book, once read, for ten years or more. But the act of reading has made it part of us - to relinquish it would be to lose an extension of our being.

Give a pup a home and a little love and he will give you his heart forever.

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.

Human beings are drawn to cats because they are all we are not — self-contained, elegant in everything they do, relaxed, assured, glad of company, yet still possessing secret lives.