"Most cats do not approach humans recklessly. The possibility of concealed weapons, clods or sticks, tend to make them reserved. Homeless cats in particular-with some justification, unfortunately-consider humans their natural enemies. Much ceremony must be observed, and a number of diplomatic feelers put out, before establishing a state of truce."

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Source : Lloyd Alexander (1956). “My Five Tigers”

Lloyd Alexander

#Cat Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“You have to understand, my dears, that the shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story.”
“By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel.”
“I'd rather die enormous than live dormant.”
“When girls in Canada dream about becoming members of parliament, they have a pretty good expectation that parliament is going to be around for them when they graduate. There is no such expectation in Afghanistan. It's all still hope and wanting it but not really sure if it's going to be around.”

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“No one ever talks about the good in me; they just say that I'm spoiled.”
“To remember everything is a form of madness.”

Source : Brian Friel, Csilla Bertha, Mária Kurdi (2006). “Brian Friel's Dramatic Artistry: "the Work Has Value"”, p.215, Peter Lang
“Maybe I want to be tied down and forced to admit it”
“I was happy working for £6 an hour.”

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