| "Cats are possessed of a shy, retiring
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| | Loyalty is something they only bestow,
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| nature, cajoling, haughty, and
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| | not give out of a sense of obligation. At
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| capricious, difficult to fathom. They
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| | the same time they are affectionate to
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| reveal themselves only to certain favored
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| | those whom they have chosen, work with
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| individuals, and are repelled by the
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| | reasons they may not disclose to anyone,
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| faintest suggestion of insult or even by
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| | and perform incredible tasks with
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| the most trifling deception." - Pierre
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| | absolute secrecy. Sending a person --
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| Loti
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| | especially a woman -- cat jewelry as a
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| Ah, where to start? Cats are among the
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| | gift would serve as a tribute to these
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| most celebrated creatures of literature.
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| | special traits. Wearing cat jewelry would
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| They're domesticated and at the same time
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| | aid in fostering an image of mystery and
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| wild, loved and at the same time hated.
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| | an instinct for the refined.
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| They stand for stealth and mystery, the
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| | The endearing nature of cats has been
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| power of silence and secrets. And cat
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| | immortalized not only in classical
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| jewelry is a testament to that power.
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| | literature ("The Black Cat" by Edgar
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| Even before Halle Berry popularized the
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| | Allan Poe, and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by
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| Catwoman, and before the sleek, sassy
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| | Tennessee Williams, to name two of many)
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| villainess ever graced the pages of DC
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| | but also in modern literature, like TV
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| comics, cats were being worshipped all
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| | shows and comic strips. We have Garfield
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| over the world. The way the cat moves,
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| | and Heathcliff on our Sunday papers, and
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| the easy grace and mysterious stillness
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| | Top Cat and the Thundercats in our (all
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| fuels the imagination and fires up the
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| | right, kind of outdated) Saturday morning
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| senses. Bast, the ancient Egyptian
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| | cartoon lineups. Cats have been preserved
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| cat-goddess, was a wild goddess who was
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| | in so many artistic forms -- why can't
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| generous in good humor, and ferocious in
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| | jewelry be among them?
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| ill. To kill a cat in ancient Egypt was
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| | Cat jewelry might be popular among
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| to call down the wrath of Bast, and was
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| | children, especially little girls who
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| not only considered an act of evil, but a
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| | love kittens and probably raise cats of
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| crime against the gods.
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| | their own. Young women may also
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| To compare a person to a cat is to give
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| | appreciate the extraordinary sleekness of
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| credit to his/her capricious, languid,
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| | the feline motif, and feel especially
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| underhanded nature. Cats will only do as
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| | sexy wearing something so in tune with
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| they desire, not as they are told.
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| | their sensual nature.
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