Cherry Ayres

“...I discovered a small kitten in the garden, which apparently had been abandoned by its mother. I picked it up and noticed that its hind legs were crippled in just the same way as Tsering's were when she died. I took this creature into my house and looked after it until eventually it was able to walk. Like Tsering, she was also female, but very beautiful and even more gentle. She also got along very well with the two dogs, particularly Sangye, against whose furry chest she liked to lie.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, Freedom in Exile: The Autobiography of the Dalai Lama

“May 4, 1985. I am packing for a short trip to New York to discuss the cat book with Brion. In the front room where the kittens are kept, Calico Jane is nursing one black kitten. I pick up my Tourister. It seems heavy. I look inside and there are her other four kittens.

"Take care of my babies. Take them with you wherever you go.”
― William S. Burroughs, The Cat Inside

“I hope people don't take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them.”
― Shirley Rousseau Murphy, Cat on the Money

“Even a heart of a kitten is reliable, if you know how to rely on”
― Munia Khan