“Leopards don't change their spots”
“Can the leopard change his spots?” Emrys mused. “Leopards have, but the other leopards don’t like it.”
“I was seen spotted with an older woman and a girl half my height in age. A leopard was also spotted. ”
“It's raining in Washington tonight. Plump, warm summer rain that covers the sidewalks with leopard spots. Downtown, elderly ladies carry their houseplants out to set them on the fire-escapes, as if they were infirm relatives or Boy Kings. I like that.”
“She wore leopard-skin leggings, a tight black turtleneck sweater and sparkly red heels. I don't make this stuff up.”
“I mean that in the absence of food, baboons will organize themselves to find a meal, but in the absence of leopards they will never organize themselves to find a leopard.”