“Babies are like kittens, Julie, they grow into something much more sinister.”

“Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing.”

“There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy ducks making gentle rippling noises with their soft bills, or babies just beginning to toddle.”

“I wanted to touch him like he was a bunny, a kitten, something so special and soft your fingertips can’t leave it alone.”

“No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”

“Damn it, MacRieve, if you keep calling me kitten, then I'm going to start calling you something equivalent, like hound dog - and then we'll both be losers.”

“I like the name Atomic Kitten. It's so great.”

“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.”

“Their goal was in sight. They had a Titan with a very loud kitten on their side. That had to count for something.”

“There is something slightly sinister about Prague, just as there is about Lyon and Turin.”