Cats Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

11 Cats quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft’s feline musings are gathered in eleven short excerpts that hint at the uncanny. Though the set is small, the tone carries his signature blend of wonder and dread, making it a curious stop for fans of his darker imagination.

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Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.

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The cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see.

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The dog is a peasant and the cat is a gentleman.

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The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that is seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilized…

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Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and shambles to bring it to you. Do the same before a…

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The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection…

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Cats are the runes of beauty, invincibility, wonder, pride, freedom, coldness, self-sufficiency, and dainty individuality - the qualities of sensitive, enlightened, mentally…

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No breed of cats in its proper condition can by any stretch of the imagination be thought of as even slightly ungraceful…

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Zoologists seem to consider the cerebration of cats and dogs about 50-50 -- but my respect always goes to the cool, sure,…

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The real lover of cats is one who demands a clearer adjustment to the universe than ordinary household platitudes provide; one who…

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“For the cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see. He is the soul of antique Aegyptus, and…

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