“Once bitten, twice shy. Once caring, twice cry.Once beloved, cant denyheart broken, twice die.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Crap.It's all crap.Living is crap.Life has no meaning.None. Nowhere to be found.Crap.Why doesn't anybody realize this?”

“...cursing my heels and debating whether it was faster to stop and take them off--damn ankle straps!--or keep running with the potential neck breakers. Wouldnt that make a charming epitaph? Here li...”

“Charlie whistled "Amazing Grace" as he drove. It was all I could do not to whip my head around and snap, Are you kidding me? Couldn't he pick something more appropriate, like "Shout at the Devil" o...”

“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”

“After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.”

“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”

“So resolute is the world to despise anything which carries with it an air of simplicity.”

“It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between.”

“Not every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all...”