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25 Adorable Cat Quotes That Perfectly Describe Your Kitten

#8 is so true it hurts.

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You know cats make amazing pets for plenty of reasons, but sometimes it can be hard to put into words exactly why they're so great. If you need a little help (or a caption for your next Instagram photo), scroll through these perfect quotes and sayings about cats that prove why they're such great creatures.

1

Charles Dickens

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What greater gift than the love of a cat.

2

Unknown

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In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.

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3

Albert Schweitzer

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There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

4

Charles M. Blow

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A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.

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5

Theophile Gautier

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A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

6

Cynthia E. Varnado

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It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens.

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7

Unknown

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No home is complete without the pitter patter of kitty feet.

8

Ellen Perry Berkeley

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As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat.

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9

Nan Porter

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If cats could talk, they wouldn’t.

10

Lloyd Alexander

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The only thing a cat worries about is what's happening right now.

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11

Rod McKuen

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Cats have it all: admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.

12

Eugen Weber

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If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats.

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13

John Steinbeck

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Are cats strange animals or do they so resemble us that we find them curious as we do monkeys?

14

Mark Twain

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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

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15

William S. Burroughs

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Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

16

James Herriot

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Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.

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17

Paula Poundstone

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The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.

18

Unknown

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People who don't like cats were probably mice in an earlier life.

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19

Seanan McGuire

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When Rome burned, the emperor's cats still expected to be fed on time.

20

Sir Walter Scott

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Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.

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Amina is a product review writer and editor who worked as an editorial assistant in the Good Housekeeping Institute from 2018 to 2020, writing original content based on GH Lab experts' product testing and analysis. Amina graduated from Montclair State University with a B.A. in communication studies and journalism.

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