I simply cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.

The buildings ... had suffered the inevitable shrinkage of places revisited.

Suffolk has something more than the coziness of Kent and Surrey. There is a hint of wildness in its tamed beauty, and the tang of the North Sea is never far away.

It is often interesting, in retrospect, to consider the trifling causes that lead to great events. A chance encounter, a thoughtless remark - and the tortuous chain reaction of coincidence is set in motion, leading with devious inevitability to some resounding climax.

I do not believe that it is possible to teach a cat to obey that is contrary to his nature.

one doesn't really grow older it's just that other people grow younger.

Cats of great personality are always found in association with sensitive, cat-conscious people it is a two-way process of immense mutual benefit.