Beware in the presence of cats: they never give, they do not even retaliate--they only reply, and purr in doing so.
No one shall deny me my own conclusions, nor my cat her reflective purr.
It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that whatever you say to them, they always purr.
Slowly, with a look of intense concentration, he got up and advanced on me. . . put out a front paw, and stroked my cheek as I used to stoke his chops. A human caress from a cat. I felt very meagre and ill-educated that I could not purr.
God gave us cats so that we would have an example of how we treat Him-mainly that we totally ignore Him as we go about our lives, but when we want something we will start to purr and figuratively rub ourselves against His legs to gain His attention for our wants.
Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr. [. . . ] Almost all cats make us feel good about ourselves because they let us know they feel good about us, about themselves, and about our relationship with them. A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It is a reinforcement of soemthing we would all like to believe about ourselves -- that we are nice.
When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten.
With one of the most bewitching sounds in the world, its purr, the cat persuades us that it thinks we are wonderful.
But there was a kitten on my pillow, and it was purring in my face and vibrating gently with every purr, and, very soon, I slept.
If you, Like me, Were made of fur, And sun warmed you, Like me, You'd purr.
Although millions of Americans purr with pastel delusions of Mohandas K. Gandhi, those who actually live in the scrawny crank's homeland struggle to throw off the painful aftermath of his quackery.
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
Could the purr be anything but contemplative?
