Sour Puss Quotes

“You know, it’s hell to work with a cat. They really are smarter than we are. Have you ever gotten anyone to feed you, pay your bills, give you the best chair in the house, tell you how beautiful you are, and groom you daily? Me, neither. Yours,”
― Rita Mae Brown, Sour Puss

“All’s well here. Hope your life is full of mice, moles, voles, butterflies, and the occasional inattentive bird. In Catitude, Sneaky Pie”
― Rita Mae Brown, Sour Puss

“Friendship distills the sweetness of life.”
― Rita Mae Brown, Sour Puss

“Thank the Lord, Tucker’s a corgi,” Pewter, upset herself, blurted out. “Smart as a cat.”
― Rita Mae Brown, Sour Puss

“As Herb sliced his small partridge stuffed with wild rice, the fresh vegetables artfully arranged on his plate by the cook, the conversation flowed. Lucy Fur, standing on her hind legs on the floor, raised a paw, placing it on Herb’s thigh. He cut a small piece of partridge for her, put it on a bread plate, and bent over. No one said a word, since everyone there would have done the same thing. The springer spaniel rejoined them upon hearing the plate scrape the floor. These were animal people. The differences among them were differences of income, age, gender, and the mysteries of personality. But when it came to animals, they were as one. Every single one of them, even Tazio, new to animal ownership, cherished a deep respect for all life.”
― Rita Mae Brown, Sour Puss

“While industry and cars cause pollution, removing trees exacerbates the problem.”
― Rita Mae Brown, Sour Puss

“Many of you remember when Dutch Elm disease swept the East Coast. People in big cities saw the trees die but it didn’t register, in any way at all, that this would compromise oxygen. Think of it, that many trees dying in that short a time span means there is less photosynthesis. Less oxygen is being produced. Therefore pollution in the big cities becomes more pronounced. These basics do not occur to people who work in buildings where the windows don’t open.”
― Rita Mae Brown, Sour Puss