I had a dream where I lost Cap’n among the hundreds of black and white cats and they all looked nearly identical to him. It was such a sad dream that it made me drool...

I situate myself, and seat myself,And where you recline I shall recline,For every armchair belonging to you as good as belongs to me.I loaf and curl up my tailI yawn and loaf at my ease...

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

I love cats, they’re great; intelligent, affectionate, lovable, and this one was particularly nice, so picking it up and giving it a few slaps and a bit of a rough time was galling, even though...

MiaowConsider me.I sit here like Tiberius,inscrutable and grand.I will let “I dare not”wait upon “I would”and bear the twanglingof your small guitarbecause you are my owland foster me with milk.Why wet my paw?Just keep me...

If cats could count, they’d start getting nervous around the time they put paid to their fifth life.

Don’t judge a cat by its coat.

The ball of dark fur pressed itself into my chest, and I wished she was my kitten, and knew that she was not.

The Lady Amalthea beckoned, and the cat wriggled all over, like a dog, but he would not come near… She was offering her open palm to the crook-eared cat, but he stayed where he was,...

Most cats don’t like water, and despite her pretensions of tigerhood, Julie was no different. Yes, tigers have stripes; so do tabbies. If you want to know the difference, try tossing one of each into...

It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious of his own habits, fond of order and neatness, and disinclined to extravagant sentiment. He will...

Tangaloor, fire-brightFlame-foot, farthest walkerYour hunter speaksIn need he walksIn need, but never in fear.

There is a kidney-shaped fish pool outside the picture window. I cleaned it out and put in some large goldfish I bought in a bait store. The cats are always trying to catch the fish,...

Dogs have important jobs, like barking when the doorbell rings, but cats have no function in a house whatsoever.

Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, ”I’ll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?”

Of course, maybe I’d end up like one of those crazy old people with, like, sixty cats. And one day, the neighbors would complain about the smell, and it would turn out I’d died and...

Her ears, lightly fringed with white that looked silver, lifted and moved, back, forward, listening and sensing. Her face turned, slightly, after each new sensation, alert. Her tail moved, in another dimension, as if its...

Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes...

I’ve got hair in my mouth, because I replaced my teeth with my cat. This makes it more fun to pet my gums.

There is a particular disdain with which Siamese cats regard you. Anyone who has walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will be familiar with the feeling.

If my chest grew cat hair, I wouldn’t know whether to pluck it or pet it.

Everything I know about love, my cat taught me. It put its paw on my head and transferred all knowledge to me.

The way my vacuum cleaner sucks up cat hair, I shouldn’t have been surprised when it huffed up my mustache. But I was surprised it sucked out all the love and romance in our relationship.

Love is whole. Love cannot be divided from itself. Love knows all paths, where even gods and cats are blind.

The Sweater Song.” Cats find that song very cleansing.

Let us roam then, you and I,When the evening is splayed out across the sky[…]Paths that follow like a nagging accusationOf a minor violationTo lead you to the ultimate reproof …Oh, do not say, ‘Bad...

You cannot live with a paw in each world.

There was once a tiger-striped cat. This cat died a million deaths, and lived a million lives, and in those lives, various people owned him. None of those people he cared for. This cat was...

It’s just the way things are. Take a moment to consider this statement. Really think about it. We send one species to the butcher and give our love and kindness to another apparently for no...

I was just thinking how the purr of a contented cat is one of my favorite sounds in the world. There’s something so comforting about it, isn’t there?

An old couple came running from a motorhome, scribbling as they ran. Their sign read, Can you check on our cat, Ariel?No one would answer that, because the cats had all been eaten.

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.

Whether it’s just a pesky little annoying behavior you’d like to tweak or a major problem that has you at the end of your rope, you must shift your thinking in order to look at...

Dogs are always going to come up short if you insist on defining them as a weird kind of cat.

There is no known cure for severe affection for one’s cat. The only way to relieve the symptoms is to go ahead and launch a kiss attack.

Gus is the Cat at the Theatre Door.His name, as I ought to have told you before,Is really Asparagus. That’s such a fussTo pronounce, that we usually call him just Gus.His coat’s very shabby, he’s...

No cat out of its first fur can be decieved by appearances.

Horses are calmer people. They also don’t throw things at cats.

Witches were a bit like cats. They didn’t much like one another’s company but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them. And what you might...

Wasn’t growing catnip in one’s yard the kitty equivalent of giving candy to children?

A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.

Cat rescue is like a virus,” says Des placidely about the cat obsession that has taken over his life. “And once you’re infected, it’s incurable.

The cool, lithe, cynical, and unconquered lord of the housetops.

Nasi cichostopi przyjaciele nie tylko uratowali już miliony ludzi, zabijając gryzonie. Pomogli także uleczyć niezliczone serca. Siedząc cicho w nogach łóżka, czekali, aż ludzkie łzy przestaną płynąć. Zwinięci w kłębek na kolanach chorych i starych...

I’ll see a cat and instinctively start petting the hair on my back.

Cap’n is the cuddliest cat this side of the rabbit hole. He’s like a furry lump of clay, because no matter what position you put him in, he’ll stay there and purr and then fall...

My love sits on the stove like a cat with an oven mitt for an ass.

I’ll stand by you. And by stand I mean cower in your shadow. It’s probably cold there, so I’m going to knit myself a warm cat sweater to wear.

Tall, dark and handsome was hot. Tall, dark, and handsome with a nestled kitten? Atomic.

Cats are portable calm distributors. They’re like vending machines distributing peace for free.