Always smile back at little children. To ignore them is to destroy their belief that the world is good.

Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet.

The trouble with sharing one's bed with cats is that they'd rather sleep on you than beside you.

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

A sister is the cure for swollen heads and ego trips. One may a star, a Chief Executive-famous and rich and beautiful. But one's sister has the family photo album. And a long, long memory. And a tendency to wink at one on Top Occasions.

In a world gone bad, a bear - even a bear standing on its head - is a comforting, uncomplicated, dependable hunk of sanity.

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