A catless writer is almost inconceivable.

- Barbara Holland

If we have a decent sort of cat to begin with, and have always treated it courteously, and aren't cursed with meddling, bullying natures, it's a plea…

- Barbara Holland

Dogwoods are great optimists. Daffodils wait and see, crouching firmly underground just in case spring doesn't come this year, but dogwoods have fait…

- Barbara Holland

moral indignation is a pleasure, often the only pleasure, in many lives. It's also one of the few pleasures people feel obliged to force on other peo…

- Barbara Holland

For some of us, the soul is resident in the sole, and yearns ceaselessly for light and air and self-expression. Our feet are our very selves. The tou…

- Barbara Holland

The thing to remember is that children are temporary. As soon as they develop a sense of humor and get to be good company, maybe even remember to tak…

- Barbara Holland

Very few people have no opinions about cats.

- Barbara Holland

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than ev…

- Barbara Holland

However long you have a cat and however plainly he lays his life open before you, there is always something hidden, some name he goes by in a place y…

- Barbara Holland