Quotes

The number of lives allotted a feline varies from culture to culture and from country to country.  In Arab and Turkish proverbs, a cat has only 7 lives. In Russia and America, a cat has 9 lives. Why not more, why not less?  Some say that 9 is a lucky or holy number because it is the "Trinity of Trinities."  With a cat's uncanny ability to land on its feet and survive against all odds, this particular number was attached to our furry felines.  

Per H. P. Lovecraft, an American author:  "Throw a stick, and the servile dog wheezes and pants and stumbles to bring it to you.  Do the same before a cat, and he will eye you with coolly polite and somewhat bored amusement. ---  The cat charms you into playing for its benefit when it wishes to be amused; making you rush about the room with a paper on a string when it feels like exercise, but refusing all your attempts to make it play when it is not in the humour.