„He cut his glance toward Jace, who was walking a few paces ahead of them, apparently conversing with the cat. Clary wondered what they were talking about. Politics? Opera? The high price of tuna?“

„When Jace opened the greenhouse door, the scent hit Clary, soft as the padded blow of a cat's paw…“

—  Cassandra Clare American author 1973

„You like the party?"
"Is it in honor of anything?"
"My cat's birthday."
"Oh." She glanced around. "Where's your cat?"
"I dont know. He ran away."
-Magnus & Clary, pg.221-“

—  Cassandra Clare, book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

„I thought you were dead."
Magnus smiled crookedly. "What, from that scratch?" He glanced down at the reddening jacket in Alec's hand. "Okay, a deep scratch. Like, from a really, really big cat.“

—  Cassandra Clare, The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

„These cats drink champagne and toast to death and pain,
Like slaves on a ship talking about who's got the flyest chain“

—  Talib Kweli American rapper 1975

Africa Dream (track 8)
Albums, Reflection Eternal (2000)

„JACE WAYLAND," she said. "Explain yourself."
Jace was glaring at the cat. "I told you to bring me to Alec! Backstabing Judas."
Church rolled onto his back, purring contentedly.“

—  Cassandra Clare, book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

„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

Source: Changes

„The front door shut, leaving Alec sitting in the half-lit garden, alone. He closed his eyes for a moment, the image of a face hovering behind his lids. Not Jace's face, for a change. The eyes set in the face were green, slit-pupiled. Cat eyes.“

—  Cassandra Clare, book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

„Now I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance — a sharp, vindictive glance.“

—  James Thurber American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright 1894 - 1961

"My Senegalese Birds and Siamese Cats", Holiday Magazine; reprinted in Lanterns & Lances (1961).
From Lanterns and Lances‎

„Dogs and cats came from a common ancestor, can you explain that?… Can you explain it now, what animal you're talking about that dogs and cats came from… It was arboreal?… What do you mean by 'arboreal?“

—  Ray Comfort New Zealand-born Christian minister and evangelist 1949

„I am the cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.“

—  Rudyard Kipling, book Just So Stories

The Cat that Walked by Himself.
Just So Stories (1902)
Source: The Cat That Walked By Himself

„A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.“

—  Tamora Pierce, book Mastiff

Source: Mastiff

„This cat is looking at me with judgment.”“He’s not,” said Jules. “That’s just his face.”“You look at me the same way,” Mark said, glancing at Julian. “Judgy face.“

—  Cassandra Clare, book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

„I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"
Death thought about it.
CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.“

—  Terry Pratchett, book Sourcery

Source: Sourcery

„I had to nurture those doubts as if they were tiny, sickly kittens, until eventually they became sturdy, healthy grievances, with their own cat doors, which allowed them to wander in and out of our conversation at will.“

—  Nick Hornby, book High Fidelity

Source: High Fidelity

„Cats don't hunt seals. They would if they knew what they were and where to find them. But they don't, so that's all right.“

—  Terry Pratchett, book The Unadulterated Cat

The Unadulterated Cat (1989)

„We were alone in a strange mansion with a baboon, a crocodile, and a weird cat. And apparently, the entire world was in danger.
I looked at Sadie. “What do we do now?“

—  Rick Riordan, book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

„Nick shook his head and found to his surprise that he did have tears left after all. He wasn't surprised by a talking cat. The world was crumbling around him and anything could happen.“

—  Garth Nix, book Abhorsen

Source: Abhorsen

„When a cat greets you, he makes a big operation of it, bumping, stropping your legs, buzzing like mischief. But when he leaves, he just walks off and never looks back. Cats are smart.“

—  Robert A. Heinlein, book Tunnel in the Sky

Source: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 2, “The Fifth Way” (p. 42)

„Cats were the gangsters of the animal world, living outside the law and often dying there. There were a great many of them who never grew old by the fire.“

—  Stephen King, Pet Sematary

Source: Pet Sematary