Quotes About Purr

And metaphors like cats behind your smile, Each one wound up to purr, each one a pride, Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (...)

I have a cat, a stripedy cat with tickling whiskers and green electric eyes. She has the softest fur in the world. When I pet her she purrs as if she has a drum near her heart.

Catsahaulics Cinco de Meow of Frankincense and Purr,

I'm a cat person.

I'm a cat guy. I'm absolutely a cat guy. I grew up with cats.

The sight of her child smiling, or the sound of her kitten purring, is rewarding to a mother, in the same sense as food in the stomach is rewarding to a rat in a maze. But once it becomes true that a sweet smile or a loud purr are rewarding, the child is in a position to use the smile or the purr in order to manipulate the parent, and gain more than its fair share of parental investment.

The cats are murdering sleep, the wall rumbling with their engine purrs -prut prut prut as they snore their way to oblivion.

Cats are angels with fur.

Cats are not sentimental and they never slobber.

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

To Do Today, 1/17/08 1. Sit and think 2. Reach enlightenment 3. Feed the cats

Love wasn't about numbers, Naomi realized then. It wasn't about selling yourself or wanting anything in return. It wasn't about hoping for safety. It was just— That purr.

I'm a cat. I respect the sanctity of sleep.

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

A harmless necessary cat.

But Julia hasn't a bit of tact; and men, I find, require a great deal. They purr if you rub them the right way and spit if you don't. (That isn't a very elegant metaphor. I mean it figuratively.)

Self is ego and ego resides exclusively in the dreamstate. If you want to break free of the dreamstate, you must break free of self, not stroke it to make it purr or groom it for some imagined brighter future.

A petrol engine is sheer magic," he said to me once. "Just imagine being able to take a thousand different bits of metal . . . and if you fit them all together in a certain way . . . and then if you feed them a little oil and petrol . . . and if you press a little switch . . . suddenly those bits of metal will all come to life . . . and they will purr and hum and roar . . . they will make the wheels of a motor-car go whizzing round at fantastic speeds . . .

I'm a cat. I respect the sanctity of sleep.

So, tell me, Guardian," she said, lowering her voice to a purr. "Is that where you carry your sword, or are you just happy to see me?

The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr, remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. It is the most contented sound in the world.

Some sounds are so exquisite - far more exquisite than anything seen. Daff's purr there on my rug, for instance - and the snap and crackle of the fire - and the squeaks and scrambles of mice that are having a jamboree behind the wainscot.

I want to pull my hair back tight and smooth and make a big knot at the back that I can feel, she said. I want to have a kitty to sit on my lap and purr when I stroke her.

I want to pull my hair back high and smooth and make a big knot at the back that I can feel, she said. I want to have a kitty sit on my lap and purr when I stroke her.