Tao Te Ching

“we are being sentimental when we give to a thing more tenderness than God gives to it... God undoubtedly loves kittens, but not, in all probability, with Technicolor bootees on their paws.”

— J. D. Salinger 1919 – 2010 CE via Raise High the Roof Beams
from Raise High the Roof Beams, Seymour an Introduction