“Cat pee isn't a bad smell if you have a cat that you love.”

“You get a happy feeling helping someone read. You feel sort of like a wizard.”

“Why not"! That is SO wise. So many things would be possible in this world if you thought "Why not?" all day long.”

“Empty calories taste so good when you're down in the dumps.”

“Mom wouldn't approve of taffy for breakfast, magic word or no magic word, but Gramma Dee is different that way. A lot of grammas are.”

“Like a domestic cat, purring on the sofa by day, but by night, a strutting queen, a natural killer, disdainful of her other life.”

“A black cat crossed my path, and I stopped to dance around it widdershins and to sing the rhyme,Ou va-ti mistigri?Passe sans faire de mai ici.”