“The cat was created when the lion sneezed”
– Arabian Proverb

Here are 10 more quotes by some famous authors who you might be surprised to learn were such ardent cat lovers. Would you ever suspect Charles Bukowski, the salty poet and dark angel of the literary world to get all purring and soft when he discusses his feline friends?  William Burroughs, the beat author and often drug-loving poet, seems to have found a wholesome inspiration with his cats.

When I find a piece of writing, a poem or a small passage that encapsulates the sentiment of knowing what it is to have a cat in your life, and it really touches me, I am thankful that so many poets and writers  have given us the gift of sharing their thoughtful words about cats. We can really feel the timeless love that has existed between cats and the humans who share their lives for so many centuries!

10 More Of Our Best Cat Quotes

11. “A cat’s rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.”
– William S. Burroughs

“A cat’s rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up and crackling blue sparks, eyes blazing and sputtering.”
– William S. Burroughs

12. “One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.”
– Gwendolyn Brooks

“One reason that cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.”
– Gwendolyn Brooks

13. “A kitten is, in the animal world, what a rosebud is in the garden.”
– Robert Sowthey

“A kitten is, in the animal world, what a rosebud is in the garden.”
– Robert Sowthey

14. “The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.”
– William S. Burroughs

“The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.”
– William S. Burroughs

15. “Your tummy, soft as warm dough. I knead and knead, then bake it with a nap.”
– Lee Wardlaw

“Your tummy, soft as warm dough. I knead and knead, then bake it with a nap.”
– Lee Wardlaw

16. “Cats, no less liquid than their shadows,
Offer no angles to the wind.
They slip, diminished, neat, through loopholes
Less than themselves.”
– A.S.J. Tessimond

“Cats, no less liquid than their shadows,
Offer no angles to the wind.
They slip, diminished, neat, through loopholes
Less than themselves.”
– A.S.J. Tessimond

17. “If human lives be,
for their very brevity, sweet,
then beast lives are sweeter still…”
– Isobelle Carmody

“If human lives be, for their very brevity, sweet, then beast lives are sweeter still…” – Isobelle Carmody

18. “All those windows, and not a cat in them. All that light to bask in, wasted.”
– Lissa Warren

“All those windows, and not a cat in them. All that light to bask in, wasted.”
– Lissa Warren

19. “Cats speak the language of comfort and coolness and therefore we feel comfortable and cool whenever we see a cat!”
– Mehmet Murat ildan

“Cats speak the language of comfort and coolness and therefore we feel comfortable and cool whenever we see a cat!”
– Mehmet Murat ildan

20. “Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes?”
– Théophile Gautier

Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes?”
– Théophile Gautier