Irving Townsend Professions : Record producer Born : 1920 Died : 1981 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Irving Townsend We who choose to surround ourselves Irving Townsend circles understanding memories Could the purr be anything but contemplative? Irving Townsend contemplative cat Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that have succeeded but not replaced one another. Irving Townsend cat humanity animal Unlike us, cats never outgrow their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations. Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling their expectations. Irving Townsend cat expectations thinking It was not I who was teaching my cat to gather rosebuds, but she who was teaching me. Irving Townsend rosebuds cat teaching No one shall deny me my own conclusions, nor my cat her reflective purr. Irving Townsend conclusion deny cat Similar Authors Bryce Wilson record-producer Ariel Rechtshaid record-producer Ashanti record-producer Arca record-producer Andrew Loog Oldham record-producer Amerie record-producer All Authors