"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way."
— Mark Twain

"So when you're cold
From the inside out
And don't know what to do,
Remember love and friendship,
And warmth will come to you."
— Stephen Cosgrove (Gnome from Nome)

"Never judge someone
By the way he looks
Or a book by the way it's covered;
For inside those tattered pages,
There's a lot to be discovered"
— Stephen Cosgrove

"The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it."
— the Lion King

"Short cuts make for long delays."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again)

"As you walk through forests
or the meadows of your mind,
Stop and talk to those you fear
Good friendships you may find"
— Stephen Cosgrove (Buttermilk Bear)

"Curiosity's not a sin, Harry.
But you should exercise caution."
— Dumbledore

"In India, I was living in a little hut, about six feet by seven feet. It had a canvas flap instead of a door. I was sitting on my bed meditating, and a cat wandered in and plopped down on my lap. I took the cat and tossed it out the door. Ten seconds later it was back on my lap. We got into a sort of dance, this cat and I...I tossed it out because I was trying to meditate, to get enlightened. But the cat kept returning. I was getting more and more irritated, more and more annoyed with the persistence of the cat. Finally, after about a half-hour of this coming in and tossing out, I had to surrender. There was nothing else to do. There was no way to block off the door. I sat there, the cat came back in, and it got on my lap. But I did not do anything. I just let go. Thirty seconds later the cat got up and walked out. So, you see, our teachers come in many forms.
"
— Joseph Goldstein

"Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own."
— Aesop

"Noah was a drunk, look what he accomplished."
— Alan Rickman in Dogma

"When you're feeling lonely
and no one is around
Remember to look inside yourself
and a best friend will be found"
— Stephen Cosgrove (Maynard's Mermaid)

"A friend cannot be owned
That is plain to see
Friendships must be shared,
Just like our friend, Ruby"
— Stephen Cosgrove (Rhubarb)

"In life, there are no mistakes, only lessons.

"
— Vic Johnson (Day by Day with James Allen)

"Never do anything you are ashamed of and you'll never have to lie."
— Robert J Gagnon

"Scientists used to do an experiment whereby a dog’s repeated reward for performing a task was unaccountably replaced by punishment. The dog, knowing it would be penalized for doing well or doing badly, would become melancholic and inactive. This and other unforeseeable results were funded by taxing up to sixty percent of people’s earnings. People became strangely melancholic and inactive
"
— Steve Aylett

". . . when a woman has a husband
And you've got none,
Why should she take advice from you?
Even if you can quote Balzac and Shakespeare
And all them other highfalutin' Greeks. "
— Meredith Willson

"As you walk, hop, hobble, or wheel
Meeting people of different kinds,
Remember that being handicapped
Is only a state of mind"
— Stephen Cosgrove (Fanny)

"Life is a hard schoolmaster. It gives the test first and then the lesson."
— Clyde Shaw

"Life is like a holiday. Celebrate each day to make your life purposeful!"
— Kristen

"The rabbits though and thought. "If we're normal and Leo is normal, then normal is whatever you are!" "
— Stephen Cosgrove (Leo the Lop)

"Tear down your border
of thicket and vine
creating a free world,
yours and mine."
— Stephen Cosgrove (Mumkin)

"Short is short
and Tall is Tall
You are what you are
That is All!"
— Stephen Cosgrove (Memily)

"You may see all that is around you
But you may feel nothing at all.
So try and close your eyes so tight
And listen to the night time fall."
— Stephen Cosgrove (Kartusch: A Serendipity Book)

""There are no lessons to learn from the ones you save, no reason to remember them. Lessons are learned from the ones you lose.""
— Defying gravity

"If you see those pretty things
that nature likes to show
Remember all those seals that sing
And leave them there to grow."
— Stephen Cosgrove (Trapper)

"So, if you're feeling fat and overweight
And feeling oh so blue,
Remember that little rag tag mole
And what he had Catundra do."
— Stephen Cosgrove (Catundra)

"Many times you will fail. That is the nature of the world, and the truth of life. But when you find your horse again, will go back or will you go forward?
"
— Robert R. McCammon (The Queen of Bedlam)