“terror finally becomes almost
bearable
but never quite

terror creeps like a cat
crawls like a cat
across my mind”

“Beauty is only the start of bearable terror.”

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer

“He is like a cat. And all cats are thieves.”

Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer

““I never even liked cats all that much.”
“Surely you realize,” said Patience, “that cats are no great respecters of human opinion.””

Scott Lynch book The Republic of Thieves

“The Chairman likes you.”
“Is that good?”
“I never date anyone my cat doesn’t like,” Magnus said easily, and stood up.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.”

Robertson Davies (1913–1995) Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and novelist

“You like the party?
Is it in honour of anything?
My cat's birthday.
Where's your cat?
I don't know, he ran away.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

“If a cat sits on a hot stove, that cat won't sit on a hot stove again. That cat won't sit on a cold stove either. That cat just don't like stoves.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Let us be honest: most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the company of any cat that walked around the house with a saintly expression.”

Beverley Nichols (1898–1983) Author, playwright, journalist, composer

“Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.”

Desmond Morris (1928) English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter