Mark Twain author of American classics Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Adventures of Tom Sawyer was also known for his love of cats. It is rumoured that Mark Twain loved cats so much he would even rent cats to keep him company when he was away from home.
When greeted by two cats in a doorway he said to them ‘Walk in, gentlemen. I always give precedence to royalty.’ Mark Twain's love and respect for cats is beautifully portrayed both in his life and writings. What follows is some of his most famousMark Twain quotes about cats reminding me of the feline uniqueness and our human fascination with these mysterious and comical creatures.
“If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”
"If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."
"I simply can't resist a cat, particularly a purring one. They are the cleanest, cunningest, and most intelligent things I know, outside of the girl you love, of course."
- quoted in Abroad with Mark Twain and Eugene Field, Fisher
"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction."
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“Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
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