“Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream; and you might now and then supply some caviar, or Strassburg Pie, some potted grouse, or salmon paste – he’s sure to have his personal taste.”

– T.S. Eliot

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Celebrating #InternationalCatDay with Jorge Luis Borges:
To a Cat:

Mirrors are not more silent
nor the creeping dawn more secretive;
in the moonlight, you are that panther
we catch sight of from afar.
By the inexplicable workings of a divine law,
we look for you in vain;
More remote, even, than the Ganges or the setting sun,
yours is the solitude, yours the secret.
...
You belong to another time.
You are lord of a place bounded like a dream.

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Is he right or is he right?

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Thomas Hardy, author of 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles', 'The Mayor of Casterbridge', 'The Woodlanders' and 'Far from the Madding Crowd', was also a catman!

Thomas and Emma Hardy kept at least nine cats, with names ranging from 'Comfy' and 'Kitsey' to 'Kiddleywinkempoops' (‘Trot’ for short).

The Hardys would invite their cats to dinner, regardless of whether other humans were present or not...

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