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You can never know anyone as completely as you want. But that’s okay, love is better.

You can never know anyone as completely as you want. But that’s okay, love is better.

Caroline Paul
Love Is, Want, Okay
Caroline Paul (2013). “Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology”, p.158, A&C Black

Most people go to the office and sit at a desk. When firefighters go to the office, we might birth a baby in the morning, save a drowning surfer in the afternoon, and run into a fire at night. What could be more interesting than that?

Caroline Paul
Running, Baby, Morning

In a fire you have to be thoughtful, you have to have a certain kind of intuitive smarts that the veterans have. I'm not there yet, despite the Stanford degree.

Caroline Paul
Veterans Day, Smart, Thoughtful
"Learning to Take the Heat / Author Caroline Paul faced blazes and prejudice as an S.F. firefighter" by Sylvia Rubin, www.sfgate.com. June 1, 1998.

Fire taps something ancient and vital in each of us, something both snarling and reverential.

Caroline Paul
Fire, Ancient, Snarling

Cats are the slipperiest of domestic animals. Thousands of years of genetic coding has taught them to melt into azaleas, lie motionless behind garden gnomes, glide along fence tops, and slink under benches.

Caroline Paul
Lying, Cat, Animal
Caroline Paul (2013). “Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology”, p.31, A&C Black

Wasn't growing catnip in one's yard the kitty equivalent of giving candy to children?

Caroline Paul
Children, Giving, Yards
Caroline Paul (2013). “Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology”, p.140, A&C Black

Its hard in the firehouse to avoid the dessert thing. At 3 in the morning after some emergency, I have been known to eat an ice cream sandwich.

Caroline Paul
Morning, Ice Cream, Sandwiches

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