“Zookeeper foible #1: Tendency to not equate fur and scale with fracture and scar.”

“Better to honor the pinch of fear than regret the punch of fang.”

“A cats secrets run so deep that even the cat itself is often unaware. Their mysteries are as natural as whiskers.”

“For most secrets are kept by these: the darkness, the silence, and the cat.”

“The cat is beauty and the beast, a baffling blend, a wicked feast.For all who dream of varied light, the cat holds both the dark and bright.”

“Once bitten, twice shy. Once caring, twice cry.Once beloved, can’t deny—heart broken, twice die.”

“The heart was made to be broken.”

“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. Its his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”

“Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”