While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.
Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.
I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.
Morals are private. Decency is public.
A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.