They weren't feral cats; they were his pets.

Dogs have important jobs, like barking when the doorbell rings, but cats have no function in a house whatsoever.

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.

If human lives be,
for their very brevity, sweet,
then beast lives are sweeter still...

Sometimes she could swear that she saw, in Joe Grey's eyes, a judgment far too perceptive, a watchfulness too aware and intense for any cat.
Charlie didn't understand what it was about those two [cats]. Both had a presence that set them apart from other felines.
Maybe she just knew them better. Maybe all cats had that quality of awareness, when you knew them.

Когато Природата зове, тя крещи.