Purr Quotes

“The purr is very important. It's the purr that does it every time. It's the purr that makes up for the Things Under the Bed, the occasional pungency, the 4 a.m. yowl. Other creatures went in for big teeth, long legs or over-active brains, while cats just settled for a noise that tells the world they're feeling happy.”

“To err is human, to purr is feline.”

“And metaphors like cats behind your smile,Each one wound up to purr,each one a pride,Each one a fine gold beast you've hid inside (...)”

“Poetry purrs like a kitten on the tip of our tongue. Each word fluidly floating from our lips, like little crystalline snowflakes, before settling onto an emotional wonderland of forgotten feelings. It has the power to pull our deepest emotions to the surface of consciousness and to serenade our soul with the haunting melody of a self, lost... and finally found.”

“Between roars the lion purrs.”

“Purr more, hiss less”

“Don't focus on her hiss. Remember her purr.”

“Make sure your subconscious knows you love it by stroking it until it purrs.”

“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.”

“Thou oh my country hast thy foolish ways Too apt to purr at every stranger's praise.”