Socks Quotes

“They wiped his paws on a good bath towel whenever he came in with wet feet, because they had not been married long enough to have an old bath towel,”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“Socks decided to risk the run to the safety of the bedroom, but Uncle Walter reached”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“direction”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“can we sell him when he’s in the mailbox?” asked Debbie. “Nobody”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“him, did you?” asked George. “You want him to go to a good home, don’t you?”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“not allowed him to look inside. Socks trotted across the carpet and after a cautious sniff, stepped into the suitcase. A nylon slip felt smooth to his paw pads and much softer than the old sweatshirt. Socks was about to use the suitcase for a bed when a ghostly object looming on the desk caught his attention. He stood motionless, staring up at something white gleaming in the darkness. When it did not”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“cats. She was constantly brushing cat hair off the couch, and one evening she plucked a cat hair out of her salad. She was polite, though, and did not call attention to it, but the Brickers noticed. Nights were hardest of all. Because the Brickers’ house was small, Nana had to sleep on the couch in the living room while Socks, who considered the couch his bed, was shut in the laundry.”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“ninety-four”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“cat needed to play? When Nana settled on the couch to knit a sweater for her grandson, Socks was so fascinated by the movement of her knitting needles that he had to jump up beside her to watch. She eyed him with disapproval, but when he sat very, very still, the way he sat while watching a bug crawl across the floor, she did not object. He did not take his eyes from those flashing needles until, with one”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“her son’s family. Socks soon found the grandmother’s visit a trial. Everything he did was wrong. When he tried to jump on her lap, his claw snagged her knit dress and he was scolded. Her nylon stockings dancing over the heat vent as they dried in the bathroom were irresistible to him, and he could not understand why she felt he had misbehaved when he pulled them down”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“cat.”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“mother”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“father”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“loopy upholstery. He placed his forepaws on the chair,”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“Prreow,” begged Socks at his most charming”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“sort of wail that leads to fighting with fangs and claws.”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks

“Old”
― Beverly Cleary, Socks