"... Covered with a silver-gray hair, short and shiny as satin, in waves flowing down is spine... "
Guy de Maupassant, describing his Chartreux
"Nothing is softer, nothing gives to the skin a sensation more delicate, more refined, more rare, than the warm, living coat of a cat."
Guy de Maupassant
"I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure could walk on a cloud without coming through."
Jules Verne
"Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world, the clock and the cat."
Alain (Emile Chartier)
"A cat would never make friends with someone who is not well disposed towards him. The cats are never wrong about people."
Amos Oz