Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.

There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.

There is nothing in the animal world, to my mind, more delightful than grown cats at play. They are so swift and light and graceful, so subtle and designing, and yet so richly comic.

Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.

We are in an electronic technology age now and it's about time we put away the old stuff.