Posted on 03/11/2013 10:16:23 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Writers are sometimes stern and cold at heart—introverts 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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“*sigh* Hoomin sayz I too young for seegar.”
Hemingway loved his casts. They became feral in Key West. His house is now a national park and the cats get zero help from the national park service even though they have the free run of the house.
“I haz a corm! *nomnomnom*”
I’ve heard that some do-gooder idiots were trying to get the Hemingway House staff to put the cats in cages. No idea how it turned out.
/johnny
Hemingway shot himself. A proper dog would never had let that happen...
Just as planned...
I admit, I'm particularly fond of Steadman's art
Can you imagine the second hand "smoke" those poor kitties inhaled?
Where is PeTA when you need them?????
No one has mentioned Steve Martin [he's penned a few boks, none of which are really good, unless you want to read them B4 bed, instead of taking a sleeping pill.
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There are no ordinary cats.” ~ Colette
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” ~ Colette
“God made the cat in order that man might have the pleasure of caressing the tiger.” ~ Fernand Mery
“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” ~ Jean Cocteau
“The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity.” ~ Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
“Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!” ~ Theophile Gautier
“Cats are living adornments.” ~ Edwin Lent
“If you want to know the character of a man, find out what his cat thinks of him.” ~ Anonymous
“What greater gift than the love of a cat?” ~ Charles Dickens
“A loving cat can mend a wounded heart.” ~ Anonymous
“It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.” ~ Agnes Repplier
“Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.” ~ W.L George
“Heaven cannot ever be
heaven if my cats
are not waiting there for me”- inscription on an ancient tombstone
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A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. - Ernest Hemingway
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. - Albert Schweitzer
When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.
Mark Twain
“Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” - Mark Twain
If animals could speak the dog would be a a blundering outspoken fellow, but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much. - Mark Twain
“If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.” - Mark Twain
“Men who love cats are a special breed...” ~ Barbara L. Diamond
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“Kitties are so nice.” ~ Bubbles
A cat would have egg'd himinto it. A dog would have wagg'd it's tail after as if to say "Do that again!!!".
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