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Unlike a human smile, purring cannot be, as far as anyone knows, faked.
The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats (2002)
The idea, to a cat, that somebody else owns him is ludicrous.
The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats (2002)
The cat does not merely experience contentment, he exudes it. You cannot be in the presence of a contented cat and not have some of that contentment rub off on you. Which surely is a good part of the reason we love cats so.
The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats (2002)
Humans are great lovers of consistency, and it annoys us that cats have different rules. Even if a cat is willing to give up her life for you, that does not mean that she is willing to change her mind at your request.
The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats (2002)
Cats do not give us too many chances. Abuse a cat's trust twice and you could be history, for cats are much less forgiving than dogs and will often lose their trust in you should you behave badly. A dog gives you infinite slack; not so a cat.
The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats (2002)
There is rarely an exception: once a cat makes up her mind to do something, your pleadings matter not at all. A dog, in the same circumstances, no matter how urgently he needs to do something, will change his mind if you insist. He is made for compromise, for self-sacrifice, for thinking about how you feel. Not cats.
The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats (2002)