48 Purr-fect Cat Quotes All True Cat Lovers Can Relate To

“Cats choose us; we don't own them.”

“Cats and humans have been partners for over ten thousand years. And what you realize when you've lived with a cat for a long time is that we may think we own them, but that's not the way it is. They simply allow us the pleasure of their company.”

Source: If Cats Disappeared From the World

“There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person.”

“A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.”

Source: The Cat Inside

“But there was a kitten on my pillow, and it was purring in my face and vibrating gently with every purr, and, very soon, I slept.”

Source: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.”

Source: In the Mecca

“Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats.”

Source: To Say Nothing of the Dog

“Meow means woof in cat.”

“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”

“I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.”

“A home without a cat—and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat—may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?”

Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson

“I love (cats), they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.”

Source: Anne of the Island

“I have lived with several Zen masters—all of them cats.”

Source: The Power of Now

“My dear, I'm a cat. Everything I see is mine.”

Source: The Red Pyramid

“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.”

Source: Beverley Nichols’ Cats’ X. Y. Z.

“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.”

Source: The Cat Who Came for Christmas

“One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself."

Source: Shiloh and Other Stories

“Never try to outstubborn a cat.”

Source: Time Enough for Love

"when I am feeling
low
all I have to do is
watch my cats
and my
courage
returns."

Source: “My Cats”

“I’ve found that the way a person feels about cats—and the way they feel about him or her in return—is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character.”

Source: Marked