Quotes from Charles E. Bullard, 1915

She lived to be twenty years old, and when she died I felt as if I had lost a child.

...that kitten was a holy terror.

There seems to be a popular impression that cats are thoroughly selfish and incapable of any natural feeling or affection. I do not believe that. My experience has shown me that cats are very affectionate, especially to persons whom they like. They are not quick, like dogs, to strike up friendships; but when a friendship is once formed with a human, they manifest their feelings in ways that are unmistakable. And they are remarkably intelligent.