Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.

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Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for...

The clerisy are those who read for pleasure, but not for idleness; who read for...

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody...

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody...

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence...

The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual.

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual.

My daughter found Nemo, I found the new primo. Yeah you know how we do,...

My daughter found Nemo, I found the new primo. Yeah you know how we do,...

Soft nigga, make no mistake, I'm talking to Drake.

Soft nigga, make no mistake, I'm talking to Drake.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy...

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...