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It Is Strange . . . . . .

Cloudybutnice — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:01:06 +0000

It is strange that it has taken so long for the medical profession to realise that a small animal can ease stress and pain and loneliness in the old and the ill.

A cat or dog does not help merely by being soft and warm and alive, but by telling the human being that it does not matter if she or he is old or ugly, helpless or confused. It does not matter that they have failed, if they are poor, or that the world seems to have no further use for them.

An animal sees the self that has never changed since it was newborn, the young soul that occupies the old or injured body.

The kind young nurses smile, but they do not know the person in their care is the same age as themselves, trapped in a body they barely recognise as their own.

An animal makes no such mistake.

They are like us. A young cat looks out of a body grown gaunt with age. We share the strange phenomenon of eternal youth. We all die young.

I lack all certainty, yet still I hope, that at the edge of death I’ll see a small cat racing from the dark to welcome me.

Pam Brown

Cat proverb.

Cloudybutnice — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:50:42 +0000

Dog thinks “my owner is such a nice guy to me, he pets me, he feeds me, he brushes me, he cares about me…. HE must be God”

Cat thinks “my owner is such a nice guy to me, he pets me, he feeds me, he brushes me, he cares about me…. I must be God”

Wise Words.

Cloudybutnice — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:34:51 +0000

“To err is human, to purr is feline.”
-Robert Byrne

“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.”
-Leonardo Da Vinci

“As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.”
-Ellen Perry Berkeley

“Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
-Mark Twain

“People that hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life.”
-Faith Resnick

When fat —–

Cloudybutnice — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:06:12 +0000

“Even overweight, cats instinctively know the cardinal rule: when fat, arrange yourself in slim poses.” – John Weitz

“A cat is there when you call her – if she doesn’t have anything better to do.” – Bill Adler

Innocence.

Cloudybutnice — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:36:18 +0000

The last thing I would accuse a cat of is innocence.

Edward Paley

1786 – 1847

Beware the cat.

Cloudybutnice — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:01:36 +0000

When a cat is offended every square centimetre of him is offended. Men and women of power and intellect have been brought to their knees by cats who have turned their backs on them.

A. P. Reilly

Meow!

Cloudybutnice — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:58:48 +0000

“Dogs have owners, cats have staff.” – Unknown

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” – Unknown

“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” – Jean Cocteau

“A meow massages the heart.” – Stuart McMillan

“If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favourite cat, they, too, would purr.” – Martin Buxbaum

“The mathematical probability of a common cat doing exactly as it pleases is the one scientific absolute in the world.” – Lynn M. Osband

How True!

Cloudybutnice — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:55:08 +0000

“There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast.” – Unknown