“No one has ever been able to discover how they make this subtle sound, and what is more, no one ever will.… — Paul Gallico Copy Share Image
Thought subsides when you pet your dog or you have a purring cat on your chest. Even just watching an animal can… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
... I stare into the fridge. Like a mirrored image of myself. Cold and empty, and the lights come on only when… — Hallgrimur Helgason Copy Share Image
When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an… — Barbara La Marr Copy Share Image
Sometimes I had the feeling that all of us in his family were like pets to him. The dog you take for… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
The trouble with sharing one's bed with cats is that they'd rather sleep on you than beside you. — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
So Mo began filling the silence with words. He lured them out of the pages as if they had only been waiting… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
He bit the inside of his cheek, Death purring wildy. The pleasure of her touch, even one so innocent, rocked him to… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
He [the cat] wound himself around her legs, purring the purr of ardent desire like a kettle coming to a boil and… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
JACE WAYLAND," she said. "Explain yourself." Jace was glaring at the cat. "I told you to bring me to Alec! Backstabing Judas."… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I like her calm, unwild, gentle as a sleeping child, and wonder as she lies, a fur ring, curled upon my… — Ian Serraillier Copy Share Image
In regard to tenacity of life, no old yellow cat has anything on a prejudice. You may kill it with your own… — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
The appeal of the cat lies in the very fact that she has formed no close bond with [man], that she has… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
Come to us and quackle and quank. Relieve us of our stirrings With your fangs so sharp and bright Take this blood… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
The smell of that buttered toast simply spoke to Toad, and with no uncertain voice; talked of warm kitchens, of breakfasts on… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety-valve device for dealing with happiness overflow. — Monica Edwards Copy Share Image
A cat is a purring parcel of paradox, a cunning collection of contradictions. A cat is lazy and busy, dainty and savage,… — Leonore Fleischer Copy Share Image
Pet the cat dude," says Sam. "She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is." "You… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
But there was a kitten on my pillow, and it was purring in my face and vibrating gently with every purr, and,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Nobody quite knows the truth about cats purring, but it does seem to be also a self-healing thing for them, which is… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Some sounds are so exquisite - far more exquisite than anything seen. Daff's purr there on my rug, for instance - and… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
I simply can´t resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image