October 29th 2010 1:33 am
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I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue. Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears you have already read it. She looks up and gives me her full gaze. Don't be ridiculous, she purrs, I wrote it. ~ "Miao" by Dilys Laing

I gave an order to a cat, and the cat gave it to its tail ~ Chinese Proverb

Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat ~ Mark Twain

If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat ~ Mark Twain

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior. ~ Hippolyte Taine

Everything I know I learned from my cat: When you are hungry, eat. When you are tired, nap in a sunbeam. When you go to the vets, pee on your owner. ~ Gary Smith

You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. ~ George Mikes

A cat sees no good reason why it should obey another animal, even if it does stand on two legs. ~ Sarah Thompson

Dogs come when they are called, cats take a message and get back to you later. ~ Mary Bly

A meow massages the heart. ~ Stuart McMillan

Cat's hearing apparatus is built to allow the human voice to easily go in one ear and out the other. ~ Stephen Baker

How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven. ~ Robert A. Heinlein

If animals could speak the dog would be a a blundering outspoken fellow, but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. ~ Mark Twain

You can't own a cat. The best you can do is be partners. ~ Sir Harry Swanson

By associating with the cat, one only risks becoming richer. ~ Colettes

People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life. ~ Faith Resnick

If I die before my cat, I want a little of my ashes put in his food so I can live inside him. ~ Drew Barrymore

Cats were put into the world to disprove the dogma that all things were created to serve man. ~ Paul Gray

If cats could talk, they wouldn't. ~ Nan Porter

A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution. ~ Hazel Nicholson

A cat allows you to sleep on the bed. On the edge. ~ Jenny de Vries

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. ~ Robert A. Heinlein

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