Library Cat: The Observations of a Thinking Cat

Larkin, Philip, ‘A Study of Reading Habits’, from The Whitsun Weddings (1961)

Living life gave you experience, and lifted you beyond your own thoughts and into the lives of others

A Study of Reading Habits’ by Philip Larkin

Humans can be alienating and cowardly when it comes to speaking their mind

Punctuation should communicate, not intimidate

Substantiate; Authenticate; Exonerate or Repudiate

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there was sometimes nothing better than smelling a book, sitting with a book, and – indeed – reading a book in the comfort of your own bed

guess when someone says things aren’t right, you have to trust them, even if it does hurt, and everyone around you does seem mad,

the tragedy is not that they cannot achieve it but rather they don’t know that it is contentment that they are craving