“Looking back few friends had webut I've got him and he's got me.And when the golden minute comeswhen we no longer wake to smellthe river where the wild swans sailedthe orchard where the blossoms fell,we'll smile a little thinkin' of that.Me in my shirt-tails, him with his whiskersme and the cat.”

“Now is next to nothing compared to where I've been.”

“We will all wake up semi-angels, If we wake at all.”

“The journey back is always longer than the forward run.”

“Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.”

“I've been going a long time nowalong the way I've learned some things.You have to make the good times yourselftake the little times and make them into big timesand save the times that are all rightfor the ones that aren't so good.”

“I will not ask you where you have been tonightI'll only say helloand hope.”