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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    Sara Gruen
    “Fragmentos de céu me espiam através das folhas, um mosaico azul e verde que se altera suavemente com o vento. Fixo a vista ali e me deixo perder o foco, olhando para além das folhas e dos galhos. Um esquilo salta pesadamente, a cauda bem empinada, cruzando meu campo de visão.

    Water for Elephants, p.22”
    ― Sara Gruen
    tags: inspirational
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    Jane Austen
    “When I fall in love, it will be forever.”
    ― Jane Austen , Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay
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    Albert Schweitzer
    “There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
    ― Albert Schweitzer
    tags: attributed-no-source, cats, life, music
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    Christopher Hitchens
    “Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”
    ― Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
    tags: affection, atheism, cats, dogs, food, god, pets, religion, shelter, water
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  • #7
    George Carlin
    “Meow” means “woof” in cat.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: animals, cats, dogs, humor, language
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    Neil Gaiman
    “What's your name,' Coraline asked the cat. 'Look, I'm Coraline. Okay?'
    'Cats don't have names,' it said.
    'No?' said Coraline.
    'No,' said the cat. 'Now you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't need names.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
    tags: cats, names, self-knowledge
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    Bobbie Ann Mason
    “One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself.”
    ― Bobbie Ann Mason, Shiloh and Other Stories
    tags: cats
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    Mark Twain
    “If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: animals, cats, dogs, grace, reticence
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    Charles Dickens
    “What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
    ― Charles Dickens
    tags: cats, gifts, love
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: cats
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    Neil Gaiman
    “I would like to see anyone, prophet, king or God, convince a thousand cats to do the same thing at the same time.”
    ― Neil Gaiman
    tags: cats, chaos, cooperation, organization, persuasion, pets, willfullness
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    Neil Gaiman
    “Anyone who believes what a cat tells him deserves all he gets.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Stardust
    tags: cats, lies
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    Jean Cocteau
    “I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.”
    ― Jean Cocteau
    tags: cats, home
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    P.C. Cast
    “Me-EHH-UF-ow”
    ― P.C. Cast, Marked
    tags: cats, nala, vampyres, zoey-redbird
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  • #17
    Colette
    “Time spent with a cat is never wasted.”
    ― Colette
    tags: cats, company, time, waste
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    Jarod Kintz
    “I’m trying to translate what my cat says and put it in a book, but how many homonyms are there for meow?”
    ― Jarod Kintz, The Days of Yay are Here! Wake Me Up When They're Over.
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    Peter S. Beagle
    “I am what I am. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, for you have been kind to me. But I am a cat, and no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer.”
    ― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn
    tags: cats
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    P.C. Cast
    “I've found that the way a person feels about cats-and the way they feel about him or her in return-is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character”
    ― P.C. Cast, Marked
    tags: cats
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    William S. Burroughs
    “You know a real friend?
    Someone you know will look after your cat after you are gone.”
    ― William S. Burroughs, Last Words: The Final Journals
    tags: cats, friends, friendship
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    Orhan Pamuk
    “After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.”
    ― Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence
    tags: cats, love, men, women
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    Robertson Davies
    “Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.”
    ― Robertson Davies
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  • #24
    Colette
    “There are no ordinary cats.”
    ― Colette
    tags: cats
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  • #25
    Seanan McGuire
    “I’m a cat. We aren’t required to make sense.”
    ― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation
    tags: cats, tybalt
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    Charles Bukowski
    “when I am feeling
    low
    all i have to do is
    watch my cats
    and my
    courage
    returns”
    ― Charles Bukowski
    tags: cats, courage, pets, poem, poetry
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    Jules Verne
    “I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.”
    ― Jules Verne
    tags: cats
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    Cleveland Amory
    “As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.”
    ― Cleveland Amory, The Cat Who Came for Christmas
    tags: cats
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  • #29
    Mark Twain
    “While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: cats, redheads
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    Hippolyte Taine
    “I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.”
    ― Hippolyte Taine
    tags: animals, cats, intelligence, philosophers, smart, wisdom
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