If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of suble air.

The kitten was six weeks old. It was enchanting, a delicate fairy-tale cat, whose Siamese genes showed in the shape of the face, ears, tail, and the subtle lines of its body. [...] She sat, a tiny thing, in the middle of a yellow carpet, surrounded by five worshipppers, not at all afraid of us. Then she stalked around that floor of the house, inspecting every inch of it, climbed up on to my bed, crept under the fold of a sheet, and was at home.

All cages and runs are cleaned daily with an antiseptic. The cat litter boxes are changed and cats are given fresh food and water.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

My father was in the First World War.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.