Kindle Notes & Highlights
Thousands of years ago, cats were
worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this. ~ Anonymous
I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. ~ Hippolyte Taine
Cats never strike a pose which isn’t photogenic. ~ Lillian Jackson Braun
I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. ~ Jean Cocteau
A meow massages the heart. ~ Stuart McMillan
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. ~ Albert Schweitzer
There are no ordinary cats. ~ Colette
With the qualities of cleanliness, affection, patience, dignity, and courage that cats have, how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats? ~ Fernand Mery
The smallest feline is a masterpiece. ~ Leonardo da Vinci
Of all God’s creatures, there’s only one that cannot be made slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat. ~ Mark Twain
Cats can be cooperative when something feels good, which, to a cat, is the way everything is supposed to feel as much of the time as possible. ~ Roger Caras
Her function is to sit and be admired. ~ Georgina Strickland Gates
Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow. ~ George F. Will
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. ~ Joseph Wood Krutch
If you want to write, keep cats.
As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat. ~ Ellen Perry Berkeley
The really great thing about cats is their endless variety. One can pick a cat to fit
almost any kind of decor, color, scheme, income, personality, mood. But under the fur, whatever color it may be, there still lies, essentially unchanged, one of the world's free souls. ~ Eric Gurney
With their qualities of discretion, affection, patience, dignity, and courage, how many of us, I ask you would be capable of becoming cats? ~ Fernand Mery
How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds. ~ Jean Burden
Even the stupidest cat seems to know more than any dog. ~ Eleanor Clark
In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat. ~ Warren Eckstein
Cats are tigers of us poor devils. ~ Theophil Gautier
Most cats, when they are Out want to be In, and vice versa, and often simultaneously. ~ Louis F. Camuti, DVM
By associating with the cat, one only risks becoming richer. ~ Colette
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 you have already read it. She looks up and gives me her full gaze. Don't be ridiculous, she purrs, I wrote it. ~ from "Miao" by Dilys Laing
The cat is domestic only as far as suits its own ends... ~ Saki (H. H. Munro)
Intelligence in the cat is underrated. ~ Louis Wain
Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement and love without penalties. ~ W. L. George
There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat. ~ Tay Hohoff
There is no more intrepid explorer than a kitten. ~ Jules Champfleury
Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them. ~ Jim Davis
Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance. ~ Saki
There is the little matter of disposal of droppings in which the cat is far ahead of its rivals. The dog is somehow thrilled by what he or any of his friends have produced, hates to leave it, adores smelling it, and sometimes eats it...The cat covers it up if he can... ~ Paul Gallico
No tame animal has lost less of its native dignity or maintained more of its ancient reserve. The domestic cat may rebel tomorrow. ~ William Conway
People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life. ~ Faith Resnick
Cats are designated friends. ~ Norman Corwin
In order to keep a true perspective of one’s importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore
Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no judgment. ~ George Eliot
One reason we admire cats is for their proficiency in one-upmanship. They always seem to come out on top, no matter what they are doing, or pretend they do. ~ Barbara Webster
As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human mind. ~ Cleveland Amory
Cats are a tonic, they are a laugh, they are a cuddle, they are at least pretty just about all of the time and beautiful some of the time. ~ Roger Caras
Day 120: Women, poets, and especially artists like cats; delicate natures only can realize their sensitive systems. ~ Helen M. Winslow
122: Time spent with cats is never wasted. ~ May Sarton
Way down deep we are all motivated by the same urges, cats have the courage to live by them. ~ Jim Davis
A dog is like a liberal, he wants to please everybody. A cat doesn't really need to know that everybody loves him. ~ William Kunstler
Day 132: If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love. Independent as they are, cats find more than pleasure in our company. ~ Lloyd Alexander
Day 134: Cat said, 'I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave. ~ Rudyard Kipling, from the ‘Just-So Stories’
