„As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.“

— Cleveland Amory, book The Cat Who Came for Christmas

Source: The Cat Who Came for Christmas

Last update Dec. 31, 2021.

Cleveland Amory1

American writer 1917 - 1998

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„“I never even liked cats all that much.”
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— Scott Lynch, book The Republic of Thieves

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„Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.“

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„Maurice watched them argue again. Humans, eh? Think they're lords of creation. Not like us cats. We know we are. Ever see a cat feed a human? Case proven.“

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„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.“

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„A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.“

— Ernest Hemingway American author and journalist 1899 - 1961

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„Cats and monkeys — monkeys and cats — all human life is there!“

— Henry James American novelist, short story author, and literary critic 1843 - 1916

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„Well! I've often seen a cat without a grin,' thought Alice 'but a grin without a cat! It's the most curious thing i ever saw in my life!“

— Lewis Carroll, book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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„I really had no control over my cat. Hell, who actually had control over any cat?“

— P. C. Cast American writer 1960

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„Several times I'd have been killed if I hadn't been able to land like a cat.“

— Buster Keaton American actor and filmmaker 1895 - 1966

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„"What's your name," Coraline asked the cat. "Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?"
"Cats don't have names," it said.
"No?" said Coraline.
"No," said the cat. "Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names."“

— Neil Gaiman, book Coraline

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— Omid Djalili Iranian-British stand-up comedian 1965

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— Walter Scott Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet 1771 - 1832

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„Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time;
He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.“

— T.S. Eliot, book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Old Deuteronomy
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939)
Context: Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time;
He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.
He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme
A long while before Queen Victoria's accession.

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