“They say that only humans can contemplate death. Cats don’t fear it the same way that we do. It doesn’t cause them the same level of anxiety that it does us humans. And then, despite our angst over mortality, we end up keeping cats as pets, even though we know that they will die long before we do, causing the owner immense grief.” PhilosophyGriefHuman NatureReflectionLife And DeathMortalityCompanionshipCatsPetsEmotional Insight Book:If Cats Disappeared from the World Source: If Cats Disappeared from the World
“I finally understood why it is that we humans keep cats as pets. There’s a limit to how well we know ourselves. For example, we don’t know what we look like to others; we can’t predict our own future or what our own death will be like. So that’s why we need cats, to help us understand ourselves better. It’s just like my mother said: Cats don’t need us. It’s us who needs them.” PhilosophyUnderstandingHuman NatureReflectionSelf AwarenessCompanionshipCatsIntrospectivePetsEmotional Insight Book:If Cats Disappeared from the World Source: If Cats Disappeared from the World
“Just as cats don’t have any sense of time, loneliness must not exist for them either. There’s simply the time you spend alone and the time you spend with others.” PhilosophyTimeLonelinessSolitudeMindfulnessReflectionGentleCompanionshipEmotional InsightD With Others Cats Book:If Cats Disappeared from the World Source: If Cats Disappeared from the World