Elaine

“To be allowed, no, invited into the private lives of strangers, and to share their joys and fears, was a chance to exchange the Southern bitter wormwood for a cup of mead with Beowulf or a hot cup of tea and milk with Oliver Twist.”
― Maya Angelou

“The Romans gave Venus, their goddess of love, many of the attributes of Bastet, and often depicted her with a cat. Some historians believe importing cats to England was the Romans' greatest contribution toward civilizing the British.”
― Globe Digests, Cat Talk A Lighthearted Look at Living with Cats

“Things that seem too common: too many furnishings where one is sitting; too many brushes around an inkstone; too many Buddhas in a home chapel; too many stones and trees and bushes in a garden courtyard; too many children and grandchildren in a house; too many words used when talking to people; too much praise for oneself in a written petition.

Things that don't offend good taste even if numerous: books...”
― Yoshida Kenko, Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō

“Like wildflowers; You must allow yourself to grow in all the places people thought you never would.”
― E.V