Quotes from Maurice

'Everyone needs their little dreams.’  Maurice truly believed that, too.  If you knew what it was that people, really, really wanted, you very nearly controlled them.  (AM)

It was very unusual for Maurice to feel sympathetic to anyone who wasn't Maurice. In a cat, that is a major character flaw. (AM)


'And our lady friend, she thinks life works like a fairytale.'
'Well, that’s harmless, isn’t it?’ said Keith.
‘Yeah, but in fairy-tales, when someone dies…it’s just a  word.'  (AM)

What was the point of education, he thought, if people went out afterwards and used it?  (AM)

'Listen, Peaches, trickery is what humans are all about,’ said the voice of Maurice.  ‘They’re so keen on tricking one another all the time that they elect governments to do it for them.'  (AM)

​Humans, eh? Think they're lords of creation. Not like us cats. We know we are. Ever seen a cat feed a human? Case proven. (AM)

'I'm unreliable! I'm a cat! I wouldn't trust me, and I am me!' (AM)

‘Cats know about people. We have to. No-one else can open cupboards.’ (AM)

​... He had the slightly hunted expression of anyone who’d been talked to by Maurice for any length of time.  It said ‘I’m going where I don’t want to go, but I don’t know how to get off’. (AM)

'A good plan isn’t one where someone wins, it’s where nobody thinks they’ve lost.'  (AM)