It's hard to be responsible, adult and sensible all the time. How good it is to have a sister whose heart is as young as your own.

Many a cat can only be lured in by switching off all the lights and keeping very still. Until the indignant cry of a cat-locked-out comes at the door.

Music speaks of Platonic truth - the ideal river rather than the polluted reality, love as we dream it rather than we experience it, grief noble and uplifting rather than our distracted weeping. It is necessary to our survival and our sanity.

Sisters never quite forgive each other for what happened when they were five.

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

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs.

A cat is a regency gentleman--elegant of pose, exquisite of manner, with spotless linen and an enthusiasm for bare knuckle fights, rampaging love affairs, duels by moonlight and the singing of glees. He expects immaculate service from his domestic staff, and possesses a range of invective that would make a navy blanch.