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Quotes About Feline

Ni el esplendor del cadencioso tigre Ni del jaguar los signos prefijados Ni del gato el sigilo. De la tribu Es el menos felino, pero siempre Ha encendido los sueños de los hombres
~ BORGES JORGE LUIS
the cat unsheathes its claws the world turns --from Resovle, written 1956
~ Sylvia Plath
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;Her coat is one of the tabby kind,with tiger stripes and lepard spots.
~ T.S. Eliot
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular, A name that's peculiar, and more dignified, Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular, Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride? Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum, Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat, Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum — Names that never belong to more than one cat.
~ T.S. Eliot
I'm pretty much a cat that way. Scratch my stomach, and I'll purr at you, but I'll want to gut you with my claws even more than if you'd ignored me.
~ Tad Williams
A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.
~ Tamora Pierce
Cats must always be cats, even when they are gods, or constellations.
~ Tamora Pierce
Aniki set her pot on the bench and scooped Pounce up. "I like bad lads with black hearts," she proclaimed. Pounce struggled madly. This is undignified! he said. I am not a toy!
~ Tamora Pierce
Horses are calmer people. They also don't throw things at cats.
~ Tamora Pierce (Author)
Conraj starts to talk to the Cat, which sometimes purrs, like a polite acquaintance whose mind is on other things.
~ Tanith Lee
He loves to play, cat with rat.
~ Tanith Lee
y los gatos, siempre inevitablemente los minouche morrongos miaumiau kitten kat chat cat gatto grises y blancos y negros y de albañal, dueños del tiempo y de las baldosas tibias, invariables amigos de la Maga que sabía hacerles cosquillas en la barriga y les hablaba un lenguaje entre tonto y misterioso, con citas a plazo fijo, consejos y advertencias.
~ Julio Cortazar
Ah –dijo Oliveira. –Tiene un gato y muchísimos libros.
~ Julio Cortazar
Johnny seguía mis palabras y mis gestos con una gran atención distraída, como un gato que mira fijo pero se ve que está por completo en otra cosa; que es otra cosa.
~ Julio Cortazar
a tiger gargling treacle.
~ Frank Cottrell Boyce
The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.
~ French proverb
We have a lion, tiger, liger, which is the father is a lion and the mother is a tiger, black and spotted leopard, mountain lion, Asian leopard cats. Weve got a tremendous number of the exotic feline.
~ Tippi Hedren
Comets are like cats: they have tails, and they do precisely what they want.
~ David H. Levy
Cats are notoriously sore losers. Coming in second best, especially to someone as poorly coordinated as a human being, grates their sensibility.
~ Stephen Baker
Kittens are born with their eyes shut. They open them in about six days, take a look around, then close them again for the better part of their lives.
~ Stephen Baker
To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction — and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.
~ Stephen Baker
Then I'm the King of the Cats!
~ Stephen Vincent Benet
Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.
~ Rod McKuen
I think smart is sexy. I like smart people. People that are comfortable with themselves I think is very sexy. My cat is really sexy.
~ Gina Gershon