What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
[A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society... — Theophile Gautier Copy Share Image
Even overweight cats instinctively know the cardinal rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses. — John Weitz 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
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
the tea-hour is the hour of peace ... strife is lost in the hissing of the kettle - a tranquilizing sound, second… — Agnes Repplier 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
“When I came here two nights ago, I swore to myself that I'd reduce you to a purring kitten, lapping creams from… — Amanda Bonilla 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
“My panties were still on but he didn’t let that stop him, nosing them out of the way and tonguing my sex,… — Emme Rollins Copy Share Image
“a door standing open that shouldn’t be; a shadow on the floor with no source to cast it; a cat purring and… — Jim Butcher 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
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
“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
Purring is not so different from praying. To a tree, a cat's purr is one of the purest of all prayers, for… — Kathi Appelt 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
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
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
“Yes, dear reader, that’s the other reason we cats purr. Arguably, it’s the most important reason: to make you happy. Purring is… — David Michie 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
Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr. [...] Almost all cats make us feel good about… — Anonymous 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
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
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
“Cats were often familiars to workers of magic because to anyone used to wrestling with self-willed, wayward, devious magic—which was what all… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
Like a domestic cat, purring on the sofa by day, but by night, a strutting queen, a natural killer, disdainful of her… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
“Helen Rowland once said, “A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run. Sit still and ignore him and… — Leslie Braswell 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
A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring… — Helen Rowland Copy Share Image
It takes your mind off things when there's a cat in your lip and he's purring while you're petting him. — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
“The purring kitten on her shoulder and the beauty of the day rinsed away her gloom on the walk home.” — Tara Maya Copy Share Image
“Purring wasn't going to be an issue if he kept looking at me like that. I was going to have a stroke.” — Stacey Rourke Copy Share Image
“A cat purring on your lap while you sip hot tea, is there anything better? Oh, and you’re floating in a zero… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image