“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

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

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American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright 1894–1961

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