Quotes and Pictures Featuring Cat-napping Kitties

Also known as, flaked out felines

“I’ve always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?” — Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler (born 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published twenty-three novels, including Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982), and The Accidental Tourist (1985).

“I did have a cat once that used to attack an ex-boyfriend’s feet every time he slept over. I should’ve known then that the cat was right.” — Erin Daniels

Erin Daniels (born 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Dana Fairbanks on The L Word (2004–2007).

“A sleeping cat is ever alert.” — Fred Schwab

“Fred Schwab (1917 — 2000) was an American cartoonist whose humor panels and short features were published in a wide variety of comic books from at least 1938 to 1950, during a period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books.”

“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.” — James Herriot

“James Herriot (1916–1995), was a British veterinary surgeon and author. He practised as a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire, England for almost 50 years, but is best known for writing a series of eight books set in the 1930s–1950s Yorkshire Dales about veterinary practice, animals, and their owners, which began with ‘If Only They Could Talk’, first published in 1970. Over the decades, the series of books sold some 60 million copies.”

“Guilt isn’t in cat vocabulary. They never suffer remorse for eating too much, sleeping too long or hogging the warmest cushion in the house. They welcome every pleasurable moment as it unravels and savour it to the full until a butterfly or falling leaf diverts their attention. They don’t waste energy counting the number of calories they’ve consumed or the hours they’ve frittered away sunbathing.” — Helen Brown

“Helen Brown (née Blackman; born 1954) is a New Zealand-born author and columnist, best known for her memoirs about cats and the meaning of life. Her book Cleo was a New York Times Best Seller.”

“Cats don’t beat themselves up about not working hard enough. They don’t get up and go, they sit down and stay. For them, lethargy is an art form. From their vantage points on top of fences and window ledges, they see the treadmills of human obligations for what they are — a meaningless waste of nap time.” — Helen Brown

“You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.” — Jane Pauley

“Margaret Jane Pauley (born 1950) is an American television host, and author, active in news reporting since 1972.”

“The trouble with sharing one’s bed with cats is that they’d rather sleep on you than beside you.” — Pam Brown

There’s no information on Pam Brown because I can’t be certain I’ve got the right Pam Brown …

“Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.” — Joseph Wood Krutch

Joseph Wood Krutch, 1893–1970, was an American author, critic, and naturalist who wrote nature books on the American Southwest. He is known for developing a pantheistic philosophy.

“Happiness is like a cat sleeping on your lap. You can’t force it to come to you, and you can’t force it to stay with you.” — Pierre Foglia

“Pierre Foglia (born 1940 in Romilly-sur-Seine) is a Canadian opinion journalist. Considered the best-known columnist of Quebec’s daily newspapers, his columns were published from 1972 to 2015 in the daily La Presse.”

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