“I want someone to sit beside after the day's pursuit and all its anguish, after its listening, and its waitings, and its suspicions. After quarrelling and reconciliation I need privacy - to be alone with you, to set this hubbub in order. For I am as neat as a cat in my habits.”
“And besides, I like to cry. After I cry hard it's like it's morning again and I'm starting the day over.”
“After all, it's one thing to run away when someone's chasing you. It's entirely another to be running all alone.”
“It's not time that is passing by after all, it's you and I”
“After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.”
“After sticking out life, I hope it's whatever you want it to be.”