Poem Quote by Geoffrey Taylor

“It is forbidden to spit on cats in plague-time.”

— Albert Camus

“You look like something the cat coughed up, dragged through dirt, ate, and coughed up again.”

— Thomm Quackenbush

“Will you hold you tongue!' screamed the cat. 'Another word, and I devour you too!' And the poor little mouse, having "All-gone" on her…

— Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm

“A voice spoke. It sounded like a lion would speak, if it could talk. I WARNED YOU! In a way that would probably have…

— Emma L. Adams

“She opened the door within two seconds of his pressing the doorbell, letting out a stream of cats that ran around with such rapidity…

— Jasper Fforde

“There are those who have suggested that the tendency of a cat to play with its prey is a merciful one...”

— Neil Gaiman

“We slip in like mice and find ourselves in a room crawling with hungry cats.”

— Victoria Aveyard

“The early bird catches the worm but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.”

— Ashwin Sanghi

“It was Spring—Spring, when the whole creation feels blasé to drowsiness; cheerful to ecstasy. The cat forgets to pounce on the mice.”

— Sōseki Natsume

“Do people ever wonder about why it has been said that the mice shall play when the cat is away?”

— Amarjyoti Acharya