Haruki Murakami

"I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved."

© Masahisa Fukase

From Sasuke, My Dear Cat by Masahisa Fukase, 1979

via Foxes in Breeches

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Haruki Murakami

"An old cat is a good friend to talk to."

© Ana Noble

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Doug Larson

"The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it."

© Yusuf Sevincli

Bill Dana

"I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not. Mine had me trained in two days."