From serenity comes gentleness, comes lasting strength.

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.

Medicines may be necessary. Flowers lift the heart. But your smile is the best restorative of all.

If you've only one breath left, use it to say thank you.

Love is to understand, at last, the suffering of another.

When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?

A cat can maintain a position of curled up somnolence on your knee until you are nearly upright. To the last minute she hopes your conscience will get the better of you and you will settle down again.