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.

You are asleep. Deep, deep asleep - and then the world caves in. The cat has leapt from the top window onto your stomach. He is saturated. He is hungry. He taps you into full wakefulness with a sodden paw "Could you open a can?"

Sisters share the scent and smells... the feel of a common childhood.

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more then a loan.

Bears being sent through the mail should never be squashed up to make them fit. It gives them indigestion.

The first step to wisdom is to be sure one says and does what one believes.

Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.