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  • Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.

    Love   Cat   Animal  
  • Come to us and quackle and quank. Relieve us of our stirrings With your fangs so sharp and bright Take this blood that's always purring. Through our hollow bones it flows To each feather and downy fluff. Quell the terrible, horrid urge that so often prinkles us, Still our dreams, make slow our thoughts Let tranquillity flood our veins. Come to us and drink your fill So we might end our pains. - The Owls at St. Aegolius calling to the bats

    Dream   Pain   Blood  
    Kathryn Lasky (2010). “Guardians of Ga'Hoole #1: The Capture”, p.136, Scholastic Inc.
  • And the kittykats would have to erect scaffolding and a pulley to get him down. Mind you, I wouldn't put that past them. Sometimes when they are behind the sofa supposedly purring, I think they are drilling.

    Past   Thinking   Mind  
  • A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

    Cat   Animal   Humanity  
  • Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.

    Dog   Believe   Cat  
  • [A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society.

    Lying   Cat   Knees  
  • Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

    "Time Enough for Love". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1973.
  • A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet.

    Running   Cat   Men  
    Helen Rowland (2017). “Reflections of a Bachelor Girl”, p.20, Litres
  • The smell of that buttered toast simply spoke to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on bright frosty mornings, of cozy parlour firesides on winter evenings, when one's ramble was over and slippered feet were propped on the fender; of the purring of contented cats, and the twitter of sleepy canaries.

    Morning   Cat   Winter  
    1908 The Wind in the Willows, ch.8.
  • So Mo began filling the silence with words. He lured them out of the pages as if they had only been waiting for his voice, words long and short, words sharp and soft, cooing, purring words. They danced through the room, painting stained glass pictures, tickling the skin. Even when Meggie nodded off she could still hear them, although Mo had closed the book long ago. Words that explained the world to her, its dark side and its light side, words that built a wall to keep out bad dreams. And not a single bad dream came over that wall for the rest of the night.

    Dream   Wall   Book  
  • When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an ache perhaps in my heart, that I do my finest work.

    Heart   Cat   Unhappy  
  • In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.

    Cat   Eye   Kitten  
  • A cat is a purring parcel of paradox, a cunning collection of contradictions. A cat is lazy and busy, dainty and savage, affectionate and aloof, greedy and finicky, sound asleep in one instant, and awake and stalking in the next. A cat is a limp puddle of softness, surrounding a steel-hard and ever-alert set of muscles. ... A cat has the face of a pansy flower, and is just as velvety. A cat holds infinity in her eyes, and your heart in her front paws.

    Flower   Heart   Cat  
  • The playful kitten, with its pretty little tigerish gambols, is infinitely more amusing than half the people one is obliged to live with in the world.

    Cat   People   Half  
    Lady Morgan (Sydney) (1829). “The Book of the Boudoir”, p.43
  • After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.

    Cat   Animal   Humanity  
  • ... I stare into the fridge. Like a mirrored image of myself. Cold and empty, and the lights come on only when you open the door. Otherwise ice-cold purring darkness.

    Light   Doors   Ice  
  • He [the cat] wound himself around her legs, purring the purr of ardent desire like a kettle coming to a boil and then bubbling very fast.

    Cat   Desire   Legs  
  • I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

    Funny   Life   Leadership  
    Speech at the Reform Club, April 28, 1981.
  • But there was a kitten on my pillow, and it was purring in my face and vibrating gently with every purr, and, very soon, I slept.

    Faces   Kitten   Purring  
  • JACE WAYLAND," she said. "Explain yourself." Jace was glaring at the cat. "I told you to bring me to Alec! Backstabing Judas." Church rolled onto his back, purring contentedly.

    Cat   Church   Jace  
    Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.136, Simon and Schuster
  • Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.

    Dog   Cat   Animal  
  • The appeal of the cat lies in the very fact that she has formed no close bond with [man], that she has the uncompromising independence of a tiger or a leopard while she is hunting in his stables and barns: that she still remains mysterious and remote when she is rubbing herself gently against the legs of her mistress or purring contentedly in front of the fire.

    Lying   Cat   Hunting  
    Konrad Lorenz (2003). “Man Meets Dog”, p.9, Routledge
  • Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr. [...] Almost all cats make us feel good about ourselves because they let us know they feel good about us, about themselves, and about our relationship with them. A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It is a reinforcement of soemthing we would all like to believe about ourselves -- that we are nice.

    Stars   Nice   Believe  
    Roger A. Caras (1987). “A celebration of cats”, Fireside
  • No one has ever been able to discover how they [cats] make this subtle sound, and what is more, no one ever will. It is a secret that has endured from the very beginning of the time of cats and will never be revealed.

    Cat   Secret   Sound  
    Suzanne Szasz, Paul Gallico (1964). “The silent miaow: a manual for kittens, strays, and homeless cats”
  • It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that whatever you say to them, they always purr.

    Cat   Habit   Kitten  
    Lewis Carroll (2015). “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass”, p.290, Broadview Press
  • When the tea is brought at five o'clock And all the neat curtains are drawn with care, The little black cat with bright green eyes Is suddenly purring there.

    Cat   Eye   Poetry  
    Children of Love (1914) "Milk for the Cat"
  • Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.

    Funny   Dog   Cat  
    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • The trouble with sharing one's bed with cats is that they'd rather sleep on you than beside you.

    Sleep   Cat   Bed  
  • A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.

    Funny   Believe   Humor  
    Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.12, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
  • Pet the cat dude," says Sam. "She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is." "You are a tiny tiny killing machine." Daneca coos. "What's she doing?" I ask. "Purring!" says Daneca. She sounds delighted. "Good kitty. Who's an amazing killing machine? That's right. You are! You are a brutal brutal tiny lion! Yes, you are.

    Badass   Cat   Pet  
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