Cats are special. They are intelligent creatures. They achieve the delicate balance between being fierce and being loyal.

To cat lovers, they are perfect companions. They are no pushovers and yet they are incredibly sweet. They have high regard for themselves and love their independence.

Cats have had special places in history’s most interesting chapters. Their mysterious temperament and gorgeous features are the perfect ingredients for folklores. They have been worshipped as gods, chastised as devils and everything in between.

Many things have been said about cats through the years. They are simply too special to be ignored. Below are some great quotes about them which cat lovers will surely understand!

Cats are the perfect intellectual companions

1. “Books. Cats. Life is good.” T.S. Eliot, poet
2. I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.” — Jean Cocteau, author, filmmaker, artist
3. “I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” — William Shakespeare, playwright, poet, literary genius
4. “Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.” — Sir Walter Scott, author and historian
5. “I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.”— Attributed to Edgar Allan Poe, cat lover and master of melancholy

Cats know what they want and how to get it

1. “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” – Terry Pratchett, author
2. “Everything I know I learned from my cat: When you’re hungry, eat. When you’re tired, nap in a sunbeam. When you go to the vet’s, pee on your owner.” – Gary Smith
3. In my next life I want to be a cat. To sleep 20 hours a day and wait to be fed. To sit around licking my ass.” ― Charles Bukowski, novelist and poet
4. “You know how it is with cats: They don’t really have owners, they have staff.” – PC Cast, author
5. “When Rome burned, the emperor’s cats still expected to be fed on time.” – Seanan McGuire, author
6. “Never try to outstubborn a cat.”― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

Cats do not apologize for who they are

1. “Way down deep, we’re all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.” — Jim Davis, creator of Garfield
2. “A cat can purr its way out of anything.” — Donna McCrohan, author
3. “Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.” – Gillian Flynn, author
4. “If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn’t happen with dogs. They’re different types of animals. Cats are very sexy I think too in the way they move.” -Antonio Banderas, actor and the voice of our favorite Shrek feline, Puss-N-Boots
5. I have lived with several Zen Masters – all of them cats.”— Eckhart Tolle, spiritual teacher

Cats have all the feels

1. “A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.” – Ernest Hemingway, author and polydactyl cat love”
2. “What greater gift than the love of a cat.” ― Charles Dickens, author
3. “To err is human, to purr is feline.”— Robert Byrne, author
4. “The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

In the end though, no amount of words can really capture how special cats are but surely these quotes provide a jump start.

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