RON HENGGELER

October 18, 2016
Homage to my little friend, (San)Francisco . . .

My hairless cat Francisco died yesterday. Here are some photos of him from over the years.

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." Albert Schweitzer

"The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an axe murderer." Paula Poundstone

"An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five year old." Carl Van Vechten

There is, incidentally, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. Dan Greenberg

"A cat's eyes are windows enabling us to see into another world." Irish Legend

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. Jules Reynard

There are no ordinary cats. Colette

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." Anonymous

There's no need for a piece of sculpture in a home that has a cat. Wesley Bates

Two things are aesthetically perfect in the world - the clock and the cat. Emile Auguste Chartier

The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. French Proverb

Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow. George F. Will

"You can't help that. We're all mad here." The Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland

"What greater gift than the love of a cat?" Charles Dickens

The smallest feline is a masterpiece. Leonardo da Vinci

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau

 

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