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Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.
Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.
Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.
Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.
Confound the cats! All cats--alway--
Cats of all colours, black, white, grey;
By night a nuisance and read more
Confound the cats! All cats--alway--
Cats of all colours, black, white, grey;
By night a nuisance and by day--
Confound the cats!
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place read more
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.
A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely read more
A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!
Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to
swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick read more
Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to
swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting
down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, "You know,
Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat.
Therefore what does that signify to me?"
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does read more
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer
People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life
People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life
A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so read more
A man has to work so hard so that something of his personality stays alive. A tomcat has it so easy, he has only to spray and his presence is there for years on rainy days.