Some Pictures and Quotes About Cats
“Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.” ― Pam Brown
“Pam Brown (born 1948) is an Australian poet; her childhood was spent on military bases in Toowoomba and Brisbane.”
“Now you people have names. That’s because you don’t know who you are. We know who we are, so we don’t need names.” ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
“Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, nonfiction, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.”
“Cats don’t have owners; they have staff.” — by Author: Unknown
“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.” ― Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 — 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the “greatest humorist the United States has produced,” and William Faulkner called him “the father of American literature”.
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.” ― Charles Dickens
“Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA — 1812–1870 — was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.”
“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.” — Robertson Davies
“William Robertson Davies CC OOnt FRSL FRSC (1913–1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor.”
“The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal — or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.” ― Elizabeth Peters
“Barbara Louise Mertz (1927–2013) was an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels.”
“Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw.” ― Terry Pratchett
“Sir Terence David John Pratchett OBE (1948–2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels.”
“I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.” ― Jules Verne
“Jules Gabriel Verne 1828–1905 was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872).”
“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” ― Hippolyte A. Taine
“Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (1828–1893) was a French critic and historian. He was the chief theoretical influence of French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitioners of historicist criticism.” (And, obviously, an expert on cats.)
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