[0186]

Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be!

[0185]

Vintage mothering techniques are the way to go.

[0184]

"One way is to take the girl out to eat. Make sure it's something she likes to eat.

French fries usually work for me".

- Michael, age 9

[0183]

"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

[0182]

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?"

-- Marianne Williamson

[0181]

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

-- Pavarotti

[0180] Feline Emotions

The best feeling in the world is coming home after a long day of stressful studying/worldly affairs and having your cat run around in your feet and jump on your lap and sniff your face. Gives you a chance to forget the troublesome thoughts going on a rampage in your head. Gives you a chance to just sit there and enjoy the comfort in knowing that amidst all the chaos, there's still a wee little soul who loves your company.

[0179]

The true harvest of my life is intangible -- a little stardust caught, a portion of the rainbow I have clutched.

[0178]

Breathe me in and you'll never let me go. Bring me back to a story left untold so we can write the ending. Breathe me out even when you're alone. You can still control the sunlight. Can you stand still? Can you dance with light? Can you hold this moment in your hand? Bring me back to a world I used to own, where we control the sunlight. Together we'll control the sunlight.

[0177]

If you want something you've never had, then you've got to do something you've never done.

[0176] Dressed to the nines

[0175]

Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow.