“If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.”

“A black cat crossed my path, and I stopped to dance around it widdershins and to sing the rhyme”

Joanne Harris book Chocolat

“Do the right thing by whoever crosses your path. Those coincidental people are your people.”

Maxine Hong Kingston book Tripmaster Monkey

“Paths that cross will cross again.”

Patti Smith Just Kids

“If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“It's funny about paths and rivers," he mused. "You see them go by, and suddenly you feel upset and want to be somewhere else--wherever the path or the river is going, perhaps.”

Tove Jansson book Comet in Moominland

“You don't take your cat with you to go bird shopping. Not because the cat isn't polite, but because he's a cat.”

Jim Butcher book Changes

“You have no control over your cat! You can't say to your cat, "Cat, heel! Stay! Wait! Lie down! Roll over!" 'Cause the cat's just gonna be sitting there going, "Interesting words … have you finished?" While you're shouting all this to your cat, your dog's next to you, going … [mimes obeying all commands] "What the hell are you doing? I'm talking to the cat!"”

Eddie Izzard (1962) British stand-up comedian, actor and writer

“In the dark, all cats are black.”

John Cage (1912–1992) American avant-garde composer

“The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher