Quotes from Terri Guillemets

Birdsong: a branch of music.

Birdsong is a symphony of the skies.

I've been saving books for all these years, and they've been saving me for my entire life.

Old books are leather-bound ghosts.

Book ink is blood-drops of author-heart.

I like books that glow in their own literary light — on a dark shelf, surrounded by a cloud of glistering stardust.

It was a small'ish bookstore. Yet is not any bookstore large to a bibliophile's heart?

I love the smell of vintage words, the taste of authors' souls, the feel of books a thousand times read, the sight of worn spines in line on a shelf, the haunting sound and inked-mind silence of reading alone.

The ink of timeless books transmutes in tinge and shade from one century to another but classic words never fade.

Browsing the dim back corner Of a musty antique shop An old book of poetry fell open Gold-gilded dust filled the air Angels flew out from the pages I caught the whiff of a soul The ink seemed fresh as today Was that voices whispering? The tree of the paper still grows.

Mother's creed: Breastfeed.

Happiness breathes when you do.

Breathe open fields of calm and content. Don't clang your lungs against your burdens. A constricted life needn't constrict your breath.

There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother.

The green grass and happy skies court the fluttering butterflies.

Butterflies, bees our wingèd, happy friends Oh, to dance in the air and float on the breeze...

Candy is sugar that's all dressed up for the party.

Cats are adorable violations of the laws of physics.

Purrs-day, Feline Friday, Caturday... Dog-Tired Monday

Cats are sleeping art.

The best alarm clock is the purring kind.

If purring could be encapsulated, it would be the most powerful antidepressant on the market.

I pet her and she pays me back in purrs.

Are we really sure the purring is coming from the kitty and not from our very own hearts?