Natasha

“WE CAME TO THIS STORY by separate paths, one of us by accident and one by birth.”
― Bill Dedman, Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune

“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

“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

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