It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that, whatever you say to them, they always purr. Lewis Carroll That... cat purrs like a windmill, like an electric car, like a tea-kettle, like a whole boiled dinner. Harriet Spofford Oh, the beautiful, splendid, supple, graceful, powerful, silent puma! I would rather watch and draw and dream about it than about any other living thing. Charles Livingston Bull Once Cattes were all wilde, but afterward they retyred to houses. Edward Topsell What sort of philosophers are we, who know nothing of the origin and destiny of cats? Henry David Thoreau God has made the cat in order to give man the pleasure of carressing the tiger. Fernand Mery Cats will always lie soft. Theocritus Cats are always ready to jump into bed. Michael Wiegall The really great thing about cats is their endless variety. One can pick a cat to fit almost any kind of decor, color scheme, income, personality, mood. But under the fur, whatever color it may be, there still lies, essentially unchanged, one of the world's free souls. Eric Gurney Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world- the clock and the cat. Emile-August Chartier