Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.
If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love.
Who among us hasn't envied a cat's ability to ignore the cares of daily life and to relax completely?
Watch a cat when it enters a room for the first time. It searches and smells about, it is not quiet for a moment, it trusts nothing until it has examined and made acquaintance with everything.
A cat improves the garden wall in sunshine, and the hearth in foul weather.
Mark Twain
Lloyd Alexander
Karen Brademeyer
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Judith Merkle Riley
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