If there was any petting to be done, he chose to do it. Often he would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate affection, come and pull at my coat and sleeve until he could touch my face with his nose, and then go away contented.
Cats Quotes
It’s always darkest before you step on the cat.
I wish you could see the two cats drowsing side by side in a Victorian chair, their paws, their ears, their tails complementally adjusted, their blue eyes blinking open on a single thought of when I shall remember it’s their suppertime. They might have been composed by Bach for two flutes.
Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives.
Women are like cats, mister… you must take ’em the way of the fur. That’s my idea. When you get married, you learn how to stroke your missus. Then you just sit back and watch her purr.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.
I saw the most beautiful cat today. It was sitting by the side of the road, its two front feet neatly and graciously together. Then it gravely swished around its tail to completely encircle itself. It was so fit and beautifully neat, that gesture, and so self-satisfied, so complacent.
It’s funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn’t it?
For me, one of the pleasures of cats’ company is their devotion to bodily comfort.
