48 Purr-fect Cat Quotes All True Cat Lovers Can Relate To
Express the love you're "feline" with these great cat quotes.
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Hi there, fellow cat lover. Chances are that if you’ve landed on this article, you already know that cats rule—and you’re not alone. Many great minds through the ages have admired the feline sort too and recorded their observations in books, essays, poems, and interviews, giving us a trove of great cat quotes to pull from.
Whether you are looking for short, cute, inspirational, or funny cat quotes, you’ll find lots of gems in this collection. Write one in a card to go with a gift for a cat-loving friend. Or use them as Instagram captions for your cat pics because, as we all know, every cat nap, hilarious derp face, and play session with the latest addition to their feline paradise is a photo-worthy moment.
From English veterinarian and memoirist James Herriot’s astute observation that “Cats are connoisseurs of comfort,” to quotes that make us feel so seen (see Bobbie Ann Mason’s line, “One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself"), we’ve gathered all the best cat sayings here.
So what are you waiting for? Scroll on through these memorable cat quotes. And when you're done, if perchance you have just welcomed a new kitty into your home, be sure check out our list of the best cute cat names too. Got a cat on your lap right now? You’ll be there for a while, so it’s a good time to pick up a new book—may we recommend a murder mystery?
PC Cast and Kristin Cast
“Cats choose us; we don't own them.”
Genki Kawamura
“Cats and humans have been partners for over ten thousand years. And what you realize when you've lived with a cat for a long time is that we may think we own them, but that's not the way it is. They simply allow us the pleasure of their company.”
Dan Greenberg
“There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person.”
William S. Burroughs
“A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.”
Source: The Cat Inside
Neil Gaiman
“But there was a kitten on my pillow, and it was purring in my face and vibrating gently with every purr, and, very soon, I slept.”
Source: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Gwendolyn Brooks
“One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.”
Source: In the Mecca
Connie Willis
“Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats.”
Source: To Say Nothing of the Dog
George Carlin
“Meow means woof in cat.”
Charles Dickens
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
James Herriot
“I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love.”
Mark Twain
“A home without a cat—and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat—may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?”
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson
L.M. Montgomery
“I love (cats), they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.”
Source: Anne of the Island
Eckhart Tolle
“I have lived with several Zen masters—all of them cats.”
Source: The Power of Now
Beverley Nichols
“Let us be honest: most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the company of any cat that walked around the house with a saintly expression.”
Source: Beverley Nichols’ Cats’ X. Y. Z.
Cleveland Amory
“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.”
Source: The Cat Who Came for Christmas
Bobbie Ann Mason
“One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself."
Source: Shiloh and Other Stories
Charles-Bukowski
"when I am feeling
low
all I have to do is
watch my cats
and my
courage
returns."
Source: “My Cats”
P.C. Cast
“I’ve found that the way a person feels about cats—and the way they feel about him or her in return—is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character.”
Source: Marked
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