"As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not."

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Source : Carl Van Vechten (1996). “The Tiger in the House”, p.279, Courier Corporation

Carl Van Vechten

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