creature of habit

I’ll just be listening to the same songs on a loop, typically, because I’m such a creature of habit.

I’ll just be listening to the same songs on a loop, typically, because I’m such a creature of habit.

“Maybe he’d seen her before. And we don’t know much about turtles. I mean, they somehow come back to the same beach to lay their eggs as much as twenty years after leaving as newborns. Or maybe this particular one is a creature of habit and the captain knew it. They do live a long time too, so he guessed she’d keep coming and be a good marker for the treasure. Who would ever think that’s what the map showed?”

Carol is a happy creature of habit, and she does not see why the imminent end of the world means that anything has to change.

Over time, the floppy-eared puppy that keeps falling asleep in his food bowl will become a lanky-legged adolescent with an insatiable interest in squirrels — before eventually settling into adulthood as a canine creature of habit, with a carefully chosen napping location and a well-rehearsed greeting ritual.