Quant à l'observation de moi-même, je m'y oblige, ne fût-ce que pour entrer en composition avec cet individu auprès de qui je serai jusqu'au bout forcé de vivre, mais une familiarité de près de soixante ans comporte encore bien des chances d'erreur. Au plus profond, ma connaissance de moi-même est obscure, intérieure, informulée, secrète comme une

if I wanted to be the center of the universe I’d have a dog.

But among cats both our four main occupations (walking, standing, sitting, and lying down) and such incidental activities as excreting waste are pursued quite openly. We live our diaries, and consequently have no need to keep a daily record as a means of maintaining our real characters. Had I the time to keep a diary, I’d use that time to better ef

The cat pressed her cheek upon her folded paws and kept her eyes upon the floor. So perhaps she knew what I did not.