Sometimes I had the feeling that all of us in his family were like pets to him. The dog you take for a walk, the cat you play with and that curls up in your lap, purring, to be stroked - you can be fond of them, you can even need them to a certain extent, and nonetheless the whole thing - buying pet food, cleaning up the cat box, and trips to the vet - is really too much. Your life is elsewhere.
Quotes about purring (8 Quotes)
A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet.
You sit alone. It's night outside. Automobiles roll down Sunset Boulevard like an endless string of beetles. Their rubber tires make a purring high-class noise. You're hungry, and you say, 'It's not good for my waistline to eat.' There's nothing finer than a washboard belly.
When the tea is brought at five o'clock And all the neat curtains are drawn with care, The little black cat with bright green eyes Is suddenly purring there.
That night she was so happy even in the trap, she was purring, ... And I was so happy. We were up all night, just hugging each other.
Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.
Apparently the highest compliment our culture grants artists nowadays is to be in an ad ideally naked and purring on the hood of a new car. I have adamantly and repeatedly refused this dubious honor, ... While the court can't make me active in radio, I am asking it to make me radioactive to advertisers.
What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat?