On loves and affinities between writers and cats
Pla wrote about the sphinx-like nature of cats when he stated that “everything about a cat is dogma, seriousness and eternal form”.
There have always been secret sympathies between cats, solitude, books, and silence. The princes of this world have had themselves portrayed with dogs and horses, while the cat was left to pose on the well-padded lap of cardinals. It is an indoor animal, and even today a library will be more of a library if a cat strolls between the spines of the books with the indifference of a bolero lady.
According to Von Betchen, “the cat resembles what writers would like to be”: that is, independent people and characters without upheavals. And we could still add: both writers and cats like the same type of life, a comfortable armchair by day; escapade and adventure at nightfall.
Translated by urgent.news. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
