Dogs are like kids. Cats are like roommates.
Our little room was morbidly quiet and sorrow was heaped in my corner like dirty snow.
There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book.
I am neither Christian enough nor charitable enough to like anybody just because he is alive and breathing. I want people to interest or amuse me. I want them fascinating and witty or so dul as to be different. I want them either intellectually stimulating or wonderfully corny; perfectly charming or hundred percent stinker. I like my chosen companions to be distinguishable from the undulating masses and I don't care how.
The coffee was so strong it snarled as it lurched out of the pot.
Her magic formula for dealing with children is ignoring all faults and accenting tiny virtues. She says, "Instead of telling Tommy day in and day out that he is the naughtiest boy in the United States of America, which could very well be true, take an aspirin and comment on his neatly tied shoes. Almost anybody would rather be known for expert shoe-tying than for kicking the cat. " She always tells whiners how charming they are--bullies how brave--bad sports how good--sneaks how honest!
a grudge will soon rot the pocket you carry it in.
The important thing to remember is it's not about balance; it's about integration. . . to really focus on making sure you're integrating all four aspects of your work, your family, your community and yourself. And it's not about trying to spend equal amounts of time on everything you do each day on each of these things, but making sure you're paying attention to all the things that make it up as a whole human being.
Everybody talks about population growth and its disastrous effect on climate change, food security and resource depletion, but nobody does anything about it
I am just one human being.
Most people don't walk around the tools to process pain and fear, that kind of discomfort. In most cases, it's unbearable to look at it, feel it, andor address it. It's why I'm such a fan of self-help books.