No matter how tired or wretched I am, a pussycat sitting in a doorway can divert my mind. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman More Quotes by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman More Quotes From Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman sometimes duties act on the soul like weeds on a flower. They crowd it out. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman weed flower soul Cats love one so much - more than they will allow. But they have so much wisdom they keep it to themselves. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman cat-love cat Any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman progress change ordinary Nobility of character manifests itself at loop-holes when it is not provided with large doors. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman holes doors character The Cat was a creature of absolute convictions, and his faith in his deductions never varied. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman conviction creatures cat The dog without his master was like a body without a soul. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman soul dog loss Every builder builds somewhat for unknown purposes, and is in a measure a prophet. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman builder prophet purpose When a man or a woman holds fast to youth, even if successfully, there is something of the pitiful and the tragic involved. It is the everlasting struggle of the soul to retain the joy of earth, whose fleeing distinguishes it from heaven, and whose retention is not accomplished without an inner knowledge of its futility. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman struggle joy men