A friend is the only person you will let into the house when you are Turning Out Drawers.

Horses lend us the wings we lack.

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

Grandad has a long and earnest conversation with his grandchild. He says, you are noisy and wiggly and will be sent back if you don't pull herself together....The baby smiles complacently. She has him exactly where she wants him.

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.

Integrity rings like fine glass. True, clear, and reassuring.

We expect too much at Christmas. It's got to be magical. It's got to go right. Feasting. Fun. The perfect present. All that anticipation. Take it easy. Love's the thing. The rest is tinsel.