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Human beings are basically huge monkeys that walk upright, but they can be pretty full of themselves.
A stray cat’s skill lies in building up a complex web of connections in order to survive on the streets.
Cats don’t cry like humans do. But—somehow—I sort of understood why he was weeping.
Cats are proud creatures, after all.
Life, be it human or feline, doesn’t always work out the way you think it will.
Humans who think we don’t understand them are the stupid ones.
Distant relatives you hardly ever see are, to a child, like total strangers. Friends are much closer. Why don’t adults understand that?
It’s about time you cut the strings and got over your father. Cats, you know, are independent from their parents six months after they’re born.
Don’t you know that there are things in this world that are better left a mystery?
all animals will react more quickly if you touch their tails or back rather than hold your hand out right in front of them.
“People should really go through a vetting process in order to get married,” Noriko had grumbled at the time.
That’s why I’m so happy.
Because I’m a wise cat, who knows what to do in any and all situations.
And a proud cat like me wasn’t about to abandon his pal.
As we count up the memories from one journey, we head off on another. Remembering those who went ahead. Remembering those who will follow after. And someday, we will meet all those people again, out beyond the horizon.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles exemplifies the idea that life isn’t about the destination; it’s about the journey.
Friendships come and go, as we all know. Yet friendships are everlasting in this book, despite the years that go by without any contact.
