We were impelled to remain loyal for a while to the memory of Penny. It was a form of the old fashioned custom of going into mourning. It is not a question of going around with a long face. It… — Derek Tangye Copy Share Image
I do not mind having imaginary conversations with animals who are part of my life. The comfort of talking to one at a time of personal distress is so soothing because one has the ease of knowing that one's secrets will not be repeated to anyone. Yet there are those who are horrified that an animal can be a more… — Derek Tangye Copy Share
How do you summon up courage to dismiss a cat who is paying you a compliment of sitting on your lap? — Derek Tangye Copy Share Image
The art of a news reporter is to learn how to lull a victim, because all good reporters are confidence tricksters in embryo. — Derek Tangye Copy Share Image
His markings, month by month, became more beautiful, lines of autumn bracken colours with shapes which reminded me of currents on a quiet sea.… — Derek Tangye Copy Share Image
A cat has to be in a very bad mood if a human cannot coax him to purr. — Derek Tangye Copy Share Image
We were impelled to remain loyal for a while to the memory of Penny. It was a form of the old fashioned custom of… — Derek Tangye Copy Share Image
The pleasure and sadness of youth is that the speed of its passing is never thought about; and so you say that you will… — Derek Tangye Copy Share Image
