Purring is not so different from praying. To a tree, a cat's purr is one of the purest of all prayers, for in it lies a whole mixture of gratitude and longing, the twin ingredients of every prayer. Votes: 3
To err is human, to purr is feline. Votes: 1
I am not the No Factory I yessed into existence. I love with an intensity that needs to be felt to be purred. Votes: 1
It is a very inconvenient habit of kittens (Alice had once made the remark) that whatever you say to them, they always purr. Votes: 1
No one has ever been able to discover how they make this subtle sound, and what is more, no one ever will. It is a secret that has endured from the very beginning of the time of cats and will never be revealed. Votes: 1
To err is human, to purr feline. Votes: 0
Could the purr be anything but contemplative? Votes: 0
Don't focus on her hiss. Remember her purr. Votes: 0
When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten. Votes: 0
I make a pussy purr with the stroke of my hand. Votes: 0
No one shall deny me my own conclusions, nor my cat her reflective purr. Votes: 0
If you, Like me, Were made of fur, And sun warmed you, Like me, You'd purr. Votes: 0
A cat has to be in a very bad mood if a human cannot coax him to purr. Votes: 0
If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr. Votes: 0
A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings. Votes: 0
Beware in the presence of cats: they never give, they do not even retaliate--they only reply, and purr in doing so. Votes: 0
With one of the most bewitching sounds in the world, its purr, the cat persuades us that it thinks we are wonderful. Votes: 0
I've got my warrior name, too!" Crookedjaw?" How did you guess?" A purr rumbled in his throat. Beacuse your tail's still straight. Votes: 0
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor. Votes: 0
Sleep sweetly in the fields of asphodel, and waken, as of old, to stretch thy languid length, and purr thy soft contentment to the skies. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
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 () Votes: 0
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 (...) Votes: 0
He [the cat] wound himself around her legs, purring the purr of ardent desire like a kettle coming to a boil and then bubbling very fast. Votes: 0
(...) 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 (...) Votes: 0
The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. "It is the most contented sound in the world. Votes: 0
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. Votes: 0
A computer and a cat are somewhat alike - they both purr, and like to be stroked, and spend a lot of the day motionless. They also have secrets they don't necessarily share. Votes: 0
Content in a way he'd rarely been before Mercy, he simply stroked her until she purred. It delighted him as it always did. "I made you purr." A lazy yawn. "I'm faking it. Votes: 0
Over the years, he [Everett Dirksen] developed a style of infinitely subtle fustian, whose effect can still be remotely approximated by sipping twelve-year-old bourbon, straight, while reading Dickens aloud, in a sort of sepulchral purr. Votes: 0
All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better. At night I hear more distinctly the steady roar of the North Mountain. In summer it is a sort of complacent purr, as the breezes stroke down its sides; but in winter always the same low, sullen growl.