„Apparently, Mayella’s recital had given her confidence, but it was not her father’s brash kind: there was something stealthy about hers, like a steady-eyed cat with a twitchy tail.“

— Harper Lee

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„The hill-cat boasts some cunning of her own,Some stealthy tricks to better beasts unknownThat quick with prey enough her hunger bluntsAnd feeds her fat while gaunt the lion hunts.“
— Robert Browning
„I've found that the way a person feels about cats-and the way they feel about him or her in return-is usually an excellent gauge by which to measure a person's character“
— P. C. Cast
„She didn't seem dead. There was only a swelling of the lips, as if she were angry. The strange thing was her idea of renting a painter's studio, having an armchiar, no less, drawn up s she could die in front of the window that looked toward Superga. A cat had given her away–it was in the room with her, and the next day, miaowing and scratching the door, it had made them open.“
— Cesare Pavese