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11 Writers Who Really Loved Cats
Mental Floss ^
| March 11, 2013
| Sean Hutchinson
Posted on 03/11/2013 10:16:23 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Writers are sometimes stern and cold at heartintroverts who escape into their own solitary world, away from outward distractions that would somehow muddle their extraordinary work. Other times, writers just need a friend. And while they say that a dog is a man's best friend, these writers each found solace in another four-legged companion.
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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bookreview; heinlein; kittyping
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To: Slings and Arrows
Isaac Asimov!
"I never tire of listing the virtues of cats. They are beautiful. They are quiet. They are clean. They do not smell, and if their litter boxes are kept clean, they do not cause smells. They are easily housebroken and need not be taken for walks. (In fact, they scorn to be taken for walks - they walk where they darn well please.) They live with dignity and treat you with a quiet condescension that is soothing. (I dislike animals that jump all over you and slobber at you.) On the other hand, when they are at peace with the world, they will sit on your lap and sing softly to you. And at night they do not scorn to sleep in your bed with you."
And, from Wiki (take it for what it's worth):
"Originally a zoology major, Asimov changed his subject to chemistry after his first semester as he disapproved of "dissecting an alley cat"."
Cheers!
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posted on
03/11/2013 11:38:20 PM PDT
by
DoctorBulldog
(Obama sucks. End of story.)
To: llevrok
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posted on
03/11/2013 11:42:32 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: All
By the way, that Asimov quote is taken from the introduction he wrote for the anthology book, “Purr-Fect Crime.”
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posted on
03/11/2013 11:46:58 PM PDT
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DoctorBulldog
(Obama sucks. End of story.)
To: Slings and Arrows
LOL! Partners in crime! Cute!
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posted on
03/11/2013 11:48:18 PM PDT
by
DoctorBulldog
(Obama sucks. End of story.)
To: DoctorBulldog
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posted on
03/12/2013 12:04:17 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Kerouac loved cats , too .
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03/12/2013 1:26:11 AM PDT
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sushiman
To: Slings and Arrows
They forgot Lillian Jackson Braun, also.
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posted on
03/12/2013 2:48:47 AM PDT
by
siamesecats
(God closes one door, and opens another, to protect us.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Our cat is growing positively tyrannical. If she finds herself alone anywhere she emits blood curdling yells until somebody comes running. She sleeps on a table in the service porch and now demands to be lifted up and down from it. She gets warm milk about eight o'clock at night and starts yelling for it about 7.30.I lol'd at that one!
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posted on
03/12/2013 3:09:02 AM PDT
by
NoGrayZone
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
To: Slings and Arrows
This week, how can we forget this illustrious author of numerous books?
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posted on
03/12/2013 3:14:05 AM PDT
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Dr. Sivana
("C'est la vie" say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell. -- Chuck Berry)
To: Dr. Sivana
I feel the strangest urge to get that cat a little mitre.
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posted on
03/12/2013 3:43:18 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Dr. Sivana
Now that Pope Benedict XVI, Emeritus is now retired, he can spend more time with that and all other cats. :)=^..^=
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03/12/2013 4:22:42 AM PDT
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Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: Slings and Arrows
I just got my cats fed breakfast for today when I came upon this thread. There is a book about B16’s life as told by a cat by the name of Cheico, which ends when he became Pope.
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03/12/2013 4:25:06 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
To: Slings and Arrows
LOL! We cat lovers are not alone!
To: TheOldLady
I like cats but everyone I’ve ever lived with is deathly allergic to them.
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posted on
03/12/2013 6:01:34 AM PDT
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DManA
To: DManA
Oh gee. That’s really sad. Deathly allergic is serious, and that means that you can’t even keep a cat out of the house in a kennel and visit it because you will carry the dander home.
I understand how difficult that must be for you. Hubby is allergic to cats as well, but he takes allergy medication and lives with the effects of the cat dander that can sometimes overpower the meds. Plus, we keep them indoors, so they don’t track allergens in from outside, either.
His doctor said that a lot of “cat” allergies are “outside stuff being dragged into the house by the cat” allergies.
But of course, everybody’s different.
To: Slings and Arrows
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03/12/2013 7:07:36 AM PDT
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Dysart
To: TheOldLady
I’ve also heard that some people can become “habituated” to a particular cat so that they are not allergic to it, but still have an allergic reaction to other cats.
Which reminds me... for some strange reason, around the time we got Apple, my mom said, “That’s not a good idea, Tweeze is allergic to cats.” I’ve never had an allergic reation to Apple, despite the fact that she rubs all over me and gives me head bonks when I pick her up, nor have I had an allergic reaction to Patch or any of the kittens she had after we took her in. But maybe, just to be safe, I shouldn’t get any more cats; the next one might set me off! ;)
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03/12/2013 7:26:39 AM PDT
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(I'll stop being a cynic when the world stops giving me reasons to be cynical.)
To: Daffynition
Hunter S. Thompson did as well......maybe that cats did it.Legend has it he was sampling some catnip at the time. OTOH Puppy Chow is renowned for its sedating properties.
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03/12/2013 7:27:32 AM PDT
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Dysart
To: Slings and Arrows
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How neatly a cat sleeps, sleeps with its paws and its posture, sleeps with its wicked claws, and with its unfeeling blood, sleeps with all the rings-- a series of burnt circles-- which have formed the odd geology of its sand-colored tail.
I should like to sleep like a cat, with all the fur of time, with a tongue rough as flint, with the dry sex of fire; and after speaking to no one, stretch myself over the world, over roofs and landscapes, with a passionate desire to hunt the rats in my dreams.
I have seen how the cat asleep would undulate, how the night flowed through it like dark water; and at times, it was going to fall or possibly plunge into the bare deserted snowdrifts. Sometimes it grew so much in sleep like a tiger's great-grandfather, and would leap in the darkness over rooftops, clouds and volcanoes.
Sleep, sleep cat of the night, with episcopal ceremony and your stone-carved moustache. Take care of all our dreams; control the obscurity of our slumbering prowess with your relentless heart and the great ruff of your tail.
Pablo Neruda
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posted on
03/12/2013 8:20:45 AM PDT
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Lady Jag
(If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
To: Slings and Arrows
I didn't know Samuel L. Jackson loved cats,
O, Samuel Johnson, nevermind.
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03/12/2013 8:31:18 AM PDT
by
Lx
(Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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