A library card is the start of a lifelong adventure.

Cats never strike a pose that isn't photogenic.

To understand a cat, you must realize that he has has own gifts, his own viewpoint, even his own morality

Dogs have their day but cats have 365.

No one ever owns a cat...you share a common habitation on a basis of equal rights and mutual respects...although somehow the cat always comes out ahead of the deal.

...if you've never been cussed out by a Siamese, you don't know what profanity is all about!

The way to test a man's sincerity is to serve him a bad cup of coffee. If he doesn't comment, he is not to be trusted.

At dinner time he would sit in a corner, concentrating; and suddenly they would say, 'Time to feed the cat,' as if it were their idea.

Are those cat hairs on your lapel, or have you been dating a blonde with a crew cut?

When you don't know what to do with yourself, do something for someone else.

Cats have a contempt of speech. Why should they talk when they can communicate without words?

Of all the religions in the world, perhaps the religion of liberty is the only faith capable of purity.

To reach back and help, and expect neither reward nor even thanks.To reach back and help, because that is what spiritual beings do.

...But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.

I wonder if Blue knows she’s repainting her room.I wonder if he’s asking if she wants a ride to the party tonight.I wonder if he knows what being strangled feels like.

God doesn't promise us a perfect life. He promises us a perfect eternity.

I believe that we should die with decency so that at least decency will survive.

I was not very strong growing up, and my uncle used to look at me, like, This kid is not growing up, he is growing tall but he can be broken like a banana.

I don't try to guess what a million people will like. It's hard enough to know what I like.

I'm afraid my gut level reaction is basically, proceed is cute, but cute doesn't cut it in the emergency room.

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.