It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing
what I can't see. ~ Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965)

He lies there, purring and dreaming, shifting his limbs
now and then in an ecstasy of cushioned comfort. 
He seems the incarnation of everything soft and silky and velvety,
without a sharp edge in his composition, a dreamer
whose philosophy is sleep and let sleep ... ~ Saki (1870-1916) 

   I put down my book "The Meaning of Zen" and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs
it with her rough pink tongue. "Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears that
you have already read it." She looks up and gives me her full gaze. "Don't be ridiculous," 
she purrs. "I wrote it." ~ Dilys Laing, "MIAO" 

One small cat changes coming home to an empty house
to coming home. ~ Pam Brown

   ...cats have a way of endearing themselves to their owners, not just by 
their "kittenoid" behaviour, which stimulates strong parental feelings,
but also by their sheer gracefulness. There is an elegance and a composure about them
that captivates the human eye. to the sensitive human being it becomes a privilege to share
a room with a cat, exchange its glance, feel its greeting rub, or watch it gently
luxuriate itself into a snoozing ball on a soft cushion. 

~ Desmond Morris, from Catwatching and Catlore

The smallest feline is a masterpiece. ~ Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

Human beings are drawn to cats because they are all we are not ~self-contained,
elegant in everything they do, relaxed, assured, glad of company, yet
still possessing secret lives. ~ Pam Brown 

   Sometimes he will sit in front of you
with eyes so melting,
so caressing and so human,
that they almost frighten you,
for it is impossible to believe
that a soul is not there. 

~ Theophile Gautier (1811-1872) 

All I need to know I learned from my cat. ~ Suzy Becker

Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near perfect method of writing avoidance. ~Dan Greenburg

  A cat can purr its way out of anything. ~ Donna McCrohan

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort. ~ James Herriot

A black cat dropped soundlessly from a high wall, ....and melted under a gate. ~ Elizabeth Lemarchand

Most cats, when they are Out want to be In, and vice versa, ...simultaneously. ~ Louis J. Camuti, D.V.M. 

   You haven't lived until you've lived with a cat. ~ Doris Day

I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream. ~ William Shakespeare, Henry IV

The cat laps moonbeams in the bowl of water thinking them to be milk. ~ Hindu Adage

An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five year old. ~ Carl Van Vechten

   It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens...that whatever you say to them, they always purr." ~ Lewis Carroll

To err is human,
to purr is feline.
~ Robert Byrne

A morning kiss, a discreet touch of his nose landing somewhere 
on the middle of my face. Because his long white whiskers tickled, 
I began every day laughing. ~ Janet F. Faure 

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