Cats of great personality are always found in association with sensitive, cat-conscious people; it is a two-way process of immense mutual benefit.

it is perfectly possible to converse with any cat, from prize-winning Siamese to alley tabby. Humans who are slow learners may start with a highly articulate Siamese and progress in time to the more sensitive and difficult business of talking to scared strays. Other people, naturally gifted, can talk to any cat right away.

Angry and frustrated, the journalists set about making bricks without straw.

I can never pass a cat in the street without greeting it and exchanging a few words, and the cat invariably replies.

I do not believe that it is possible to teach a cat to obey; that is contrary to his nature.

It is often interesting, in retrospect, to consider the trifling causes that lead to great events. A chance encounter, a thoughtless remark - and the tortuous chain reaction of coincidence is set in motion, leading with devious inevitability to some resounding climax.

suicide can be used as a very cruel weapon, you know. It can be the ultimate revenge, leaving a scar that a living person may carry to the grave.