Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr. [...] Almost all cats make us feel good about ourselves because they let us know they feel good about us, about themselves, and about our relationship with them. A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It is a reinforcement of soemthing we would all like to believe about ourselves -- that we are nice.

Why cat were given such terrific peripheral vision when they spend so much time looking down their noses is difficult to understand.

It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand.

Anyone who has owned many cats in long succession can define his or her life as a series of furry episodes.

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.

There are only three sins - causing pain, causing fear, and causing anguish. The rest is window dressing.

Cats virtually always underestimate human intelligence just as we, perhaps, underestimate theirs.