It's Hard To Be Responsible,

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?"

A Cat Can Maintain A Position Of Curled Up Somnolence On Your Knee Until You Are Nearly Upright. To The Last Minute She Hopes Your Conscience Will Get The Better Of You And You Will Settle Down Again.

We Have Become A Society Where The Artist Is Regarded As A Self-indulgent Superfluity, And The Person Who Juggles Stocks And Shares Is An Essential Part Of The Economy.

Human Beings Are Drawn To Cats Because They Are All We Are Not — Self-contained, Elegant In Everything They Do, Relaxed, Assured, Glad Of Company, Yet Still Possessing Secret Lives.

Friendship Is Not Diminished By Distance Or Time, By Imprisonment Or War, By Suffering Or Silence. It Is In These Things That It Roots Most Deeply.