Natasha

“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

“They taught me that all life forms are important to each other in our common quest for happiness and survival. That there is more to life than just yourself, your own family, or your own kind.”
― Lawrence Anthony, The Elephant Whisperer: Learning about Life, Loyalty and Freedom from a Remarkable Herd of Elephants

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. —Irving Townshend, Separate Lives”
― Michael Korda, Cat People: A Witty, Charming, and Sometimes Sad Portrait of Unforgettable Cats and Their People