“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”
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“Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is directed against human beings or against animals, is not the exclusive province of any one culture or community of people. ”
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“When I am an old woman I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.”
― Warning: When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
― Warning: When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
“One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself.”
― Shiloh and Other Stories
― Shiloh and Other Stories
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