Linda

“A very considerate veterinarian once told a friend whose dog was sick that she must remember that animals do not worry, that they have no fear as to what may be ahead when they are sick and that they just take each day as it comes. This is doubtless true of birds as well as animals, and it is a comforting thought.”
― Margaret Stanger, That Quail, Robert: The Acclaimed Story of an Abandoned Chick from Cape Cod That Won the Nation's Heart

“Passageways between the Wings are always a little strange. I went through one once that you had to crawl through.” “How did they move books through that?” “They didn’t, usually. They routed them round some other way. But it was useful if you were in a hurry.” He jerked a thumb at the window. “Have you ever seen anyone out there?”
― Genevieve Cogman, The Invisible Library

“She considered the familiar conundrum inherent in complimenting a child for doing something well in the course of what ought not to have been done at all, and kept her peace.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Vorkosigan Saga

“Knowledge and book learning are not wisdom," said the captain.

"Is this book wisdom?" asked Lucy, putting the manuscript back on the table.

"It has some elements of wisdom in it, me dear," replied the captain. "I did not lead a very wise life myself but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come to age very often through shipwreck and disaster, and at the heart of the whirlpool some men find God.”
― R.A. Dick, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir