There’s no doubt about it: the Internet loves cats. And weird videos with people failing at some insanely basic tasks.
But did you know quite a lot of famous authors also loved cats?
Jorge Luis Borges, Boris Vian, and William S. Borroughs
Charles Bukowski, Albert Camus, Truman Capote
Julio Cortazar, William Faulkner, and Allen Ginsberg
Ernest Hemingway, Hunter S. Thompson, and Jack Kerouac
Mark Twain, Philip K. Dick, and Stephen King
I love Cats! Cats rule and are cool!
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Oh I Love cats too..though I am not a writer nor famous 😉
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Presumably T.S.Elliot loved cats also! It is there independent nature that I admire.
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Somehow Bukowski holding a cat is hilarious.
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I wonder what the ratio of writers with cats vs writers with dogs is – be the writers famous or unknown.
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Perhaps . . . I need a cat in order to take my writing to the next level. Ahh-choo!!
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Funny, I woke up this morning wanting to post a pic of my old Mittens, passed last year, or the year before. I can’t afford the extra rent to get another.
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Isn’t it a shame they charge extra rent per month to have a pet. I can understand a one time pet security payment. 😿 sorry about your kitty, I lost mine in December.
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It’s kind of amazing to have these kinds of connections.
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Cats rule ! Perhaps that’s why they’ve taken over the world… 😮
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Hemingway’s cats are very well known here. About fifty descendants of his cats (which included polydactyl cats, cats with extra toes) live on the grounds of his former home in Key West, Florida, which has been turned into a museum.
Funny how all the writers featured in this post are men, because the stereotype usually goes that men prefer dogs over cats! But perhaps cats and writers go so well together because they leave each other to their own doings, but give each other attention and comfort and companionship when needed.
I only have a dog right now, but I am a total cat person. I absolutely adore cats and I think about 1/3 to 1/2 of the accounts I follow on Instagram are devoted to either specific cats or cat fosters. There is nothing sweeter than a cat climbing onto your lap, kneading away, and then laying down on you and falling asleep while purring like a tiny little motorcycle.
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People say that cats are stupid. Yeah. My cat is stupid when she is sensing that I am about to go to work, know my schedule and when she won’t be eating with her family.
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