"You prepare as best you can for the bad times- then live every moment with joy."
- Shirley Rousseau Murphy
"... life wasn't full of problems, it was rich with decisions."
"[At the scene of a murder]The cats' bloodthirst was normal; it was the way God had made them. They were hunters, they killed for food and to train their young--well maybe sometimes for sport. But this..."
"Sometimes she could swear that she saw, in Joe Grey's eyes, a judgment far too perceptive, a watchfulness too aware and intense for any cat.Charlie didn't understand what it was about those two [cats]..."
"I hope people don't take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them."