Commonplace Quotations
Why do cats sleep so much? Perhaps they’ve been trusted with some major cosmic task, an essential law of physics – such as: if there are less than five million cats sleeping at any one time the world will stop spinning. So that when you look at them and think what a lazy, good-for-nothing animal, they are, in fact, working very, very hard.
- Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson
2 Responses to “Commonplace Quotations”
Comment from oldenglishrose
Time May 16, 2011 at 8:25 pm
I have severe cat envy looking at this picture. One day I will be owned by a cat, but not for a little while yet.
Comment from Cristina (Rochester Reader)
Time May 16, 2011 at 7:03 pm
A humourous quote and a beautiful, elegant feline