Fire taps something ancient and vital in each of us, something both snarling and reverential.

- Caroline Paul

In a fire you have to be thoughtful, you have to have a certain kind of intuitive smarts that the veterans have. I'm not there yet, despite the Stanf…

- Caroline Paul

Cats are the slipperiest of domestic animals. Thousands of years of genetic coding has taught them to melt into azaleas, lie motionless behind garden…

- Caroline Paul

Its hard in the firehouse to avoid the dessert thing. At 3 in the morning after some emergency, I have been known to eat an ice cream sandwich.

- Caroline Paul

Most people go to the office and sit at a desk. When firefighters go to the office, we might birth a baby in the morning, save a drowning surfer in t…

- Caroline Paul

Wasn't growing catnip in one's yard the kitty equivalent of giving candy to children?

- Caroline Paul

You can never know anyone as completely as you want. But that’s okay, love is better.

- Caroline Paul