Paws Quotes - Page 5

• The cat dropped the rat between its two front paws. "There are those," it said with a sigh, in tones as smooth as oiled silk, "who have suggested that the tendency of a cat to play with its prey is a merciful one - after all, it permits the occasional funny little running snack to escape, from time to time. How often does your dinner get to escape?

  Neil Gaiman

  Running, Cat, Two

  Neil Gaiman (2012). “Coraline”, p.89, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Fireheart dashed to the warrior's side. Cloudtail was standing stiff-legged, every hair in his pelt on end as if he were facing an enemy. His eyes were fixed on the limp heap of tabby fur huddled at his paws. "Why, Fireheart?" Cloudtail wailed. "Why her?" Fireheart knew, but rage and grief made it hard to speak. "Because Tigerstar wants the pack to get a taste of cat blood," he rasped. The dead cat lying in front of them was Brindleface.

  Erin Hunter

  Lying, Grief, Cat

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• I loved her fright, which was against me into the air! and the diamond white of her forelock which seemed to smart with thoughts as my heart smarted with life! and she'd toss her head with the pain and paw the air and champ the bit, as if I were Endymion and she, moon-like, hated to love me.

  Frank O'Hara

  Pain, Smart, Heart

  Frank O'Hara (1967). “Meditations in an Emergency”, p.12, Grove Press

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• But worse things were about to be found in the bedroom: on the jeweller’s wife’s ottoman, in a casual pose, sprawled a third party- namely, a black cat of uncanny size, with a glass of vodka in one paw and a fork, on which he had managed to spear a pickled mushroom, in the other. , The Master and Magarita

  Mikhail Bulgakov

  Party, Cat, Glasses

  Mikhail Bulgakov (2016). “THE MASTER AND MARGARITA: 50th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.74, Penguin

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• Mew," the kitten retorted, locking gazes with him. It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming. 'I was comfortable, and you dared to move,' those jade eyes said. 'For that you must die.' When it became apparent to the cat that its two or three pounds of mass were insufficient to break Locke's neck with one mighty snap, it put its paws on his shoulders and began sharing its drool-covered nose with his lips. He recoiled.

  Scott Lynch

  Moving, Cat, Eye

  Scott Lynch (2007). “Red Seas Under Red Skies”, p.387, Del Rey

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• When beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean’s skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.

  Herman Melville

  Beauty, Ocean, Heart

  Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.459

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• I used to have a cat, an old fighting tom, who would jump through the open window by my bed in the middle of the night and land on my chest. I'd half-awaken. He'd stick his skull under my nose and purr, stinking of urine and blood. Some nights he kneaded my bare chest with his front paws, powerfully, arching his back, as if sharpening his claws, or pummeling a mother for milk. And some mornings I'd wake in daylight to find my body covered with paw prints in blood; I looked as though I'd been painted with roses.

  Annie Dillard

  Mother, Morning, Cat

  Annie Dillard (2009). “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• For several centuries, the Celtic church of Ireland was spared the Greek dualism of matter and spirit. They regarded the world with the clear vision of faith. When a young Celtic monk saw his cat catch a salmon swimming in shallow water, he cried, "The power of the Lord is in the paw of the cat!

  Brennan Manning

  Cat, Swimming, Water

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.58, Multnomah

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• Mimi was massaging Salander's back and neck. She had been kneading intently for 20 minutes while Salander mainly enjoyed herself and uttered an occasional groan of pleasure. A massage from Mimi was a fantastic experience, and she felt like a kitten who just wanted to purr and wave its paws around.

  Steig Larsson

  Mimi, Massage, Necks

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• Stones are raw, they blunt my paw, but words will never hurt me.

  David Clement-Davies

  Hurt, Stones, Blunt

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• I woke up once in the middle of the night, and Buckminster's paws were on my eyelids. He must have been feeling my nightmares.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Night, Feelings, Middle

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.74, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I'm a freaking princess when it comes to other people's feelings. Yo dogbreath, get your paws of the everglades. -Max

  James Patterson

  Princess, People, Feelings

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• Without a twich of exertion, Redd sealed his lips with glue. "Who wants to kill him?" The Cat raised a paw. Siren and Alistare raised their hands. "Mmmmmm mmm mmm," protested Jack.

  Frank Beddor

  Cat, Hands, Glue

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• There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws.

  Erin Hunter

  Stars, Three, Starclan

  Erin Hunter (2009). “Warriors: Power of Three #6: Sunrise”, Harper Collins

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• You couldn't catch a mouse if leaped in between your paws!

  Erin Hunter

  Mice, Ifs

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• If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take her place on my knee and follow the comings and goings of my pen - sometimes effacing, with an unintentional stroke of her paw, lines of whose tenor she disapproved.

  Pierre Loti

  Writing, Cat, Animal

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• You are asleep. Deep, deep asleep - and then the world caves in. The cat has leapt from the top window onto your stomach. He is saturated. He is hungry. He taps you into full wakefulness with a sodden paw "Could you open a can?"

  Pam Brown

  Cat, Caves, World

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• O God, in the dream the terrible horse began
  To paw at the air, and make for me with his blows.

  Louise Bogan

  Dream, Horse, Blow

  Louise Bogan (1941). “Poems and new poems”

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• As network administrator I can take down the network with one keystroke. It's just like being a doctor but without getting gooky stuff on my paws.

  Scott Adams

  Technology, Doctors, Stuff

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• A disturbing novel about dreams and wishes, a nightmarish distaff monkey's paw of a book that it's impossible to forget. Lisa Tuttle remains our preeminent chronicler of family madness and desire.

  Neil Gaiman

  Dream, Book, Wish

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• On the grey rock of Cashel I suddenly saw
  A Sphinx with woman breast and lion paw,
  A Buddha, hand at rest,
  Hand lifted up that blest;
  And right between these two a girl at play
  That, it may be, had danced her life away.

  William Butler Yeats

  Girl, Rocks, Hands

  William Butler Yeats (2008). “COLLECTED POEMS OF W.B. YEATS”, p.446, Simon and Schuster

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• Pleasure is wild and sweet. She likes purple flowers. She loves the sun and the wind and the night sky. She carries a silver bowl full of liquid moonlight. She has a cat named Midnight with stars on his paws. Many people mistrust Pleasure, and even more misunderstand her. For a long time I could barely stand to be in ...the same room with her.

  J. Ruth Gendler

  Sweet, Stars, Flower

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• I had some very, very fond memories of the people I worked with and the authors I worked with - and I won't mention any names - but as I have been traveling through rural Maine over the past few weeks, one of my favorite things to do is to go into bookstores on the side of rural routes and paw through the old copies of Tom Clancy and Trevanian books they have in there for weird old 1970s thrillers that I haven't read yet.

  John Hodgman

  Memories, Book, Past

  "Bewildered Maine resident John Hodgman takes another crack at our 11 Questions". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. September 3, 2015.

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• A dog came to my door, so I gave him a bone, the dog took the bone into the back yard and buried it. I'm going to go plant a tree there, with bones on it, then the dog will come back and say, "Shoot! It worked! I must distribute these bones equally for I have a green paw!"

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Dog, Humor

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• I used to carry a rabbit's foot for luck. Then it was a monkey's paw. Now it's a camel's toe.

  Kristen Schaal

  Funny, Humor, Feet

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