“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.”
― Robertson Davies

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

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
― Albert Schweitzer

“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.”
― Leonardo da Vinci


Cute quotes all!
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Hemingway adored cats, and I’ve noticed that authors, witers, painters, all over the world, in the past and present, love, really love cats.
I agree, cute quotes. Thank you, Hal.
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Only when over-populations of unwanted cats are greatly reduced in number by responsible owners consistently spaying/neutering their felines, will this beautiful animal’s presence be truly appreciated, especially for the symbiotic-like healthy relationships (contrary to common misinformation) they offer their loving owners.
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💜🌹E estes gatinhos lindos?✨✨
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I have been to the Hemingway House, and seen the 🐈 🐱 cats
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Bonne nuit avec ou sans chats.
Et sans oublier un bon weekend !
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Lovely post 🧡👍🏻
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Kitten
Warmth
Breeds Love😊
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🥰😺👍💓💚
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☺️👣🐈🐾
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This is brilliant on so many levels.
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How nice of you. Thank you!
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Nous sommes en accord total. Bel article de Kally.
Elle et vous êtes des modèles pour moi.
Des personnes de Talent.
Bises
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No one expresses themselves better than a creative mind.. And a cat.
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Nice
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Thank you, Asim! 👍
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Aww 🐈
Great quotes!
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There are a lot of male authors who adore their cats and enjoy both their peaceful and playful company. I don’t know if he writes, but actor Anthony Hopkins openly prizes his pet feline.
However, there are some guys who’ll understandably hesitate at speaking in public about their particular fondness for pet felines; for, to do so, unlike with expressing affection for a good sturdy canine friend, may be generally stereotyped as a man’s non-testosterone pet-animal inclination.
And, yes, there are people out there who’d implicitly or explicitly question the normality altogether of a guy who adores his pet feline(s)—something that’s implied by first-season Seinfeld’s George Costanza. In a doubtful tone of voice and a slight shake of his head while looking aside, George says to Elaine Benes in regards to her boyfriend cherishing his two pet felines: “Guys with cats … I don’t know …”
George’s line rushed to mind after one particular response I received upon posting a short essay onto a feline-fan site (accompanied by an adorable feline photo, of course); it was from a reader subtly questioning my ‘normality’, which left me feeling both embarrassed and angry.
It also brought to mind an early-1990s Vancouver Sun letter to the editor—aptly titled “A Man With a Cat Is Where It’s At”—in which the writer, a straight guy who adored his two pet felines, responded to some recently published cat-critical commentary. He frankly cautioned straight single women about relationship-seeking heterosexual guys who love dogs but dislike domesticated felines; for, what such men really want in a mate is, basically, submission—unlike the dudes with cats who more than appreciate a companion’s independent nature as well as a silky soft touch.
Within, Steve Eykel of New Westminster wrote the following response to another letter author’s cat-belittling: “Let me take a wild guess: [the writer] is a dog person, not a cat person. It’s not too surprising really. After all, a dog will lick your hand, grovel, cringe, do tricks and generally make you feel like the big strong alpha male you wish you could be. A cat will do none of these things.
Women take note! This is an acid test for any man’s character. A man who prefers dogs is looking for subservience; a man who prefers cats is looking for a partner. You heard it here first.”
I further recollected how as a teen I knew two of the (if not the most) toughest, testosterone-laden, and (like myself) straight guys around, who’d also cherishingly gush about each’s pet cat to me—albeit, no average guy would’ve foolishly openly expressed his pet-feline enthusiasm amongst his demographic peers, lest he seriously risk being unjustly deemed a wuss or in some other way having his reputation permanently besmirched.
[Frank Sterle Jr.]
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