Kittens are wide-eyed, soft and sweet. With needles in their jaws and feet.

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.

One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.

If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater.

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, singers of songs.

An older sister is a friend and defender - a listener, conspirator, a counsellor and a sharer of delights. And sorrows too.

Human beings are drawn to cats because they are all we are not — self-contained, elegant in everything they do, relaxed, assured, glad of company, yet still possessing secret lives.

When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?

Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.

A friend is the only person you will let into the house when you are Turning Out Drawers.

Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you're just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.

Words can be bridges.

Only love can inspire us to sacrifice.

Loving a warrior is not easy. I pray our Lord Jesus will strengthen you for the journey.

There’s something about it that makes other good habits easier.

The President's speech suggested to me that were we to follow his leadership, we will be in Iraq not for months, but for years. I also hope I am wrong on this.

Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.

You will never change what you tolerate.

There's that statement, "A picture is worth a thousand words" - well, I think flying around in Google Earth is worth a million words.