I found the following in an old notebook...

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constant making exciting discoveries…

And this - a note made during what might just have been a frustrating meeting!

I DON’T WANT CONFLICT!
I WANT TO BE A CLOISTERED NUN WITH A GRAY HOUND.

I'm not sure that cloistered nuns are allowed to have gray hounds...but perhaps a chihuahua tucked under one's arm?