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I like cats.... When I meet a cat, I say,

I like cats…. When I meet a cat, I say, “Poor Pussy!” and stoop down and tickle the side of its head; and the cat sticks up its tail in a rigid, cast-iron manner, arches its back, and wipes its nose up against my trousers; and all is gentleness and peace. – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. – Mark Twain

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Any household with at least one feline member has no need for an alarm clock. – Louise A. Belcher

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I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food which they take for granted, but his or her entertainment value. – Author Unknown

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To err is human, to purr is feline. – Robert Byrne

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