Cat Quote by Sylvia Townsend Warner

“One reason why my memory decays is that I have three cats, all so loving and insistent that they play cat's-cradle with every train of thought. They drove me distracted while I was having influenza, gazing at me with large eyes and saying: O Sylvia, you are so ill, you'll soon be dead. And who will feed us then? Feed us now!”

Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Cat Cradle Decay Distracted Eye Fitness Gazing Ill Influenza Memories Memory Play Reason Reason why Three Train Train of thought

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