--- title: "11 Cats Quotes By H. P. Lovecraft" description: "11 Cats quotes by H. P. Lovecraft. Plus more from H. P. Lovecraft and more Cats sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/h-p-lovecraft-1408_cats_children-old-crones-peasants-and-dogs-ra_1016651.png" --- > [Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/children-old-crones-peasants-and-dogs-ramble-cats-and-philosophers/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/h-p-lovecraft-1408_cats_children-old-crones-peasants-and-dogs-ra_1016651.png) > [The dog is a peasant and the cat is a gentleman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/the-dog-is-a-peasant-and-the-cat-is-a-gentleman/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/h-p-lovecraft-1408_cat_the-dog-is-a-peasant-and-the-cat-is-a-ge_2440085.png) > [The cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/the-cat-is-cryptic-and-close-to-strange-things-which-men-cannot-see/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/h-p-lovecraft-1408_cat_the-cat-is-cryptic-and-close-to-strange_1563398.png) > [The cat is such a perfect symbol of beauty and superiority that is seems scarcely possible for any true aesthete and civilized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/the-cat-is-such-a-perfect-symbol-of-beauty-and-superiority-that-is/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/h-p-lovecraft-1408_beauty_the-cat-is-such-a-perfect-symbol-of-beau_1660274.png) > [The cat is classic whilst the dog is Gothic - nowhere in the animal world can we discover such really Hellenic perfection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/the-cat-is-classic-whilst-the-dog-is-gothic-nowhere-in-the-animal/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/h-p-lovecraft-1408_animal_the-cat-is-classic-whilst-the-dog-is-got_1407738.png) > [Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and shambles to bring it to you. Do the same before a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/throw-a-stick-and-the-servile-dog-wheezes-and-pants-and-shambles-to/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/h-p-lovecraft-1408_amusement_throw-a-stick-and-the-servile-dog-wheeze_185374.png) > [Cats are the runes of beauty, invincibility, wonder, pride, freedom, coldness, self-sufficiency, and dainty individuality - the qualities of sensitive, enlightened, mentally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/cats-are-the-runes-of-beauty-invincibility-wonder-pride-freedom/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4a/h-p-lovecraft-1408_beauty_cats-are-the-runes-of-beauty-invincibili_262389.png) > [Zoologists seem to consider the cerebration of cats and dogs about 50-50 -- but my respect always goes to the cool, sure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/zoologists-seem-to-consider-the-cerebration-of-cats-and-dogs-about-50/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/h-p-lovecraft-1408_business_zoologists-seem-to-consider-the-cerebrat_1423935.png) > [The real lover of cats is one who demands a clearer adjustment to the universe than ordinary household platitudes provide; one who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/the-real-lover-of-cats-is-one-who-demands-a-clearer-adjustment-to-the/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77e/h-p-lovecraft-1408_bad-people_the-real-lover-of-cats-is-one-who-demand_1497270.png) > [No breed of cats in its proper condition can by any stretch of the imagination be thought of as even slightly ungraceful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/no-breed-of-cats-in-its-proper-condition-can-by-any-stretch-of-the/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/h-p-lovecraft-1408_cats_no-breed-of-cats-in-its-proper-condition_1942866.png) > [“For the cat is cryptic, and close to strange things which men cannot see. He is the soul of antique Aegyptus, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/for-the-cat-is-cryptic-and-close-to-strange-things-which-men-cannot/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/h-p-lovecraft-1408_cats_for-the-cat-is-cryptic-and-close-to-stra_939157.jpg) ## Other authors on Cats - [Jarod Kintz 70 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-erin-hunter-33731.jpg) Erin Hunter 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/erin-hunter/) - [Mark Twain 35 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lewis-carroll-60017.jpg) Lewis Carroll 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/lewis-carroll/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-beth-ostrosky-stern-4620.jpg) Beth Ostrosky Stern 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/beth-ostrosky-stern/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-temple-grandin-89345.jpg) Temple Grandin 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/temple-grandin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-gaiman-70689.jpg) Neil Gaiman 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/neil-gaiman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dusa-mcduff-30905.jpg) Henry N. Beard 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/henry-n-beard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-a-heinlein-79461.jpg) Robert A. Heinlein 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/robert-a-heinlein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lilian-jackson-braun-60320.jpg) Lilian Jackson Braun 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/lilian-jackson-braun/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cats/haruki-murakami/) ## More by H. P. Lovecraft > [It is the night-black Massachusetts legendry which packs the really macabre "kick". Here is material for a really profound study in group-neuroticism; for certainly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/it-is-the-night-black-massachusetts-legendry-which-packs-the-really/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [“Sounds—possibly musical—heard in the night from other worlds or realms of being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/sounds-possibly-musical-heard-in-the-night-from-other-worlds-or/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [Very few minds are strictly normal, and all religious fanatics are marked with abnormalities of various sorts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/very-few-minds-are-strictly-normal-and-all-religious-fanatics-are/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [It's not a bad idea to call this Cthulhuism & Yog-Sothothery of mine "The Mythology of Hastur" - although it was really from Machen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/it-s-not-a-bad-idea-to-call-this-cthulhuism-yog-sothothery-of-mine/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/the-appeal-of-the-spectrally-macabre-is-generally-narrow-because-it/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [There are probably seven persons, in all, who really like my work; and they are enough. I should write even if I were the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/there-are-probably-seven-persons-in-all-who-really-like-my-work-and/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [Nothing is really typical of my efforts... I'm simply casting about for better ways to crystallise and capture certain strong impressions (involving the elements…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/nothing-is-really-typical-of-my-efforts-i-m-simply-casting-about-for/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [Thus I began my systematic though half-bewildered tour of Innsmouth's narrow, shadow-blighted ways. Crossing the bridge and turning toward the roar of the lower…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/thus-i-began-my-systematic-though-half-bewildered-tour-of-innsmouth-s/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [Of what use is it to please the herd? They are simply coarse animals - for all that is admirable in man is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/of-what-use-is-it-to-please-the-herd-they-are-simply-coarse-animals/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [“How little does the earth self know life and its extent! How little, indeed, ought it to know for its own tranquility!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/how-little-does-the-earth-self-know-life-and-its-extent-how-little/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [The trees grew too thickly, and their trunks were too big for any healthy New England wood. There was too much silence in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/the-trees-grew-too-thickly-and-their-trunks-were-too-big-for-any/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [Plots may be simple or complex, but suspense, and climactic progress from one incident to another, are essential. Every incident in a fictional work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/plots-may-be-simple-or-complex-but-suspense-and-climactic-progress/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/searchers-after-horror-haunt-strange-far-places/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [Cosmic terror appears as an ingredient of the earliest folklore of all races and is crystallised in the most archaic ballads, chronicles, and sacred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/cosmic-terror-appears-as-an-ingredient-of-the-earliest-folklore-of/) [H. P. Lovecraft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-p-lovecraft/) > [Truth is of no practical value to mankind save as it affects terrestrial phenomena, hence the discoveries of science should be concealed or glossed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-p-lovecraft/truth-is-of-no-practical-value-to-mankind-save-as-it-affects/) [H. P. 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