Quote by Italo Calvino
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The city of cats and the city of men exist one inside the other, but they are not the same city. – Italo Calvino

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The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him. – Italo Calvino

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When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign — a bad sign mostly for literature. But it is also a bad sign when they dont want to hear the word mentioned. – Italo Calvino

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The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. – Jules Reynard

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God made the cat in order that man might have the pleasure of caressing the lion. – Fernand Mery

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As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat. – Ellen Perry Berkeley

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