“If you don’t mourn a dead cat properly, you’ll never get over it.”
― quote from The Travelling Cat Chronicles
“As I explained earlier, most animals are multilingual when it comes to listening, but reading is beyond us. Reading and writing seem to belong to a special linguistic system that only humans possess.”
― quote from The Travelling Cat Chronicles
“Among cats, when a female chooses a mate, it’s a very clear-cut thing. Not just among cats, but with all animals, the female’s judgement about love is absolute.”
― quote from The Travelling Cat Chronicles
“If you have to consider what’s going to happen after you die, life becomes doubly troublesome.”
― quote from The Travelling Cat Chronicles
“A stray cat’s skill lies in building up a complex web of connections in order to survive on the streets.”
― quote from The Travelling Cat Chronicles
“Nicky Cruz: You come near me and I'll kill you!
David Wilkerson: Yeah, you could do that. You could cut me up into a thousand pieces and lay them in the street, and every piece will still love you.”
― David Wilkerson, quote from The Cross and the Switchblade
“¿A quién debería de odiar más? ¿Al que lo pide? ¿O al que se lo da?”
― Pam Bachorz, quote from Candor
“I know
the odds are all against me
and I know
you might not feel this way too
but I know
I would rather die trying
to know
if I could mean something to you”
― David Levithan, quote from The Realm of Possibility
“I just... wanted to help her. I wanted to return her stuff and give her a ride home so I'd know she was safe. I just wanted her safe. And happy.”
― S.C. Stephens, quote from Thoughtful
“Abraham Lincoln had a soft spot for deserters, whom he called his “legs cases.” Though many of his military commanders grumbled about Lincoln’s leniency — traditionally, runaways were shot — the president preferred incarceration to execution, asking, “If Almighty God gives a man a cowardly pair of legs how can he help their running away with him?”
― Sarah Vowell, quote from Assassination Vacation
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Shattered Mirror
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Morning Star
Seventh Son
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