Why is it he feels some line has been crossed, some boundary transgressed? How much is too much, how far is too far?
Margaret AtwoodWhy does the mind do such things? Turn on us, rend us, dig the claws in. If you get hungry enough, they say, you start eating your own heart. Maybe it's much the same.
Margaret AtwoodNobody quite knows the truth about cats purring, but it does seem to be also a self-healing thing for them, which is why, when you take your cat to the vet and it's frightened, it will purr.
Margaret Atwood