Profound writings from the Literary Box of the immortal Shakespaw, the greatest cat who ever put pen in claw.
Newly discovered quotation, Saturday, November 5, 2005:
"Now cracks a no-tail heart. Good night, sweet Manx, and flights of angels meow thee to thy rest!"
-- from Handlick, Act V sc. 2
Recently unearthed FeLines:
"By the clicking of my claws, something Whiskas this way comes."
-- from Mypet, Part II, Act IV, sc. 1; plagiarized by William "Shakespeare" as "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." in his so-called "Macbeth".
"A Manx can die but nine times."
-- from Henry the Furred, Part II, Act III, sc. 3; used by William "Shakespeare" as "A man can die but once." in his "Henry IV".
"The cods are just yummy, and our pleasant mice make desserts to please us."
-- from King Oscar Sardines, Act V, sc. 3; plagiarized by William "Shakespeare" as "The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices make instruments to plague us" in his oddly named "King Lear".
"Under the artificial tree who loves to lie with me... Here shall she see no enemy but brooms and vacuums."
-- from As You Lick It, Act II, sc. 5; used in "As You Like It" as "Under the greenwood tree who loves to lie with me... Here shall he see no enemy but winter and rough weather."
"Who ever loved tuna that loved it not at first bite?"
-- from As You Lick It, Act III, sc. 5; later used by "Shakespeare" as "Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?"
"And the vile squeaking of the long-tailed mice."
-- from The Manx Cat of Venice, Act II, sc. 5; later used in "The Merchant of Venice" as "And the vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife."
The Shakespaw Literary Box FeLines archive:
"Is it a world to hide cat toys in?"-- from A Winter's No-Tail, Act I, sc. 3; plagiarized by William "Shakespeare" in his so-called "The Winter's Tale" as "Is it a world to hide virtues in?"
"A snapper-up of unconsidered trout."-- from A Winter's No-Tail, Act IV, sc. 3; later used by "Shakespeare" as "A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles."
Sweet, sweet, sweet poisson for the Manx's tooth."-- from Kipper Jar, Act I, sc. 1; later used in "King John" as "Sweet, sweet, sweet poison for the age’s tooth."
A plague o’ both your mouses!"
-- from No Meow and Julie Ate It, Act III. sc. 1; later used in "Romeo and Juliet" as "A plague o’ both your houses!"
"Shrimp, cod and great sole make a Fancy Feast."
-- from A Cattery of Errors, Act III. sc. 1; later used in "Comedy of Errors" as "Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast."
"A proper Manx, as one shall see in a summer’s day."
-- from A Midslumber Mice Dream, Act I. sc. 2; later used in "Midsummer Night's Dream" as "A proper man, as one shall see in a summer's day."
"Can one desire too much of a good string?"
-- from As You Lick It, Act IV. sc. 1; later used in "As You Like It" as "Can one desire too much of a good thing?"
"A dish fit for the cod."
-- from Julie Has Seafood, Act II. sc. 1; later used in "Julius Caesar" as "A dish fit for the gods."
"O Meow, Meow! wherefore art thou Meow?"
-- from No Meow and Julie Ate It, Act II. sc. 2; plagiarized by William "Shakespeare" in his so-called "Romeo and Juliet" as "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"
Mice acquaint a Manx with strange bedfellows."
-- from The Ten Pets, Act II. sc. 2; plagiarized by William "Shakespeare" as "Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."
"That Manx that hath a tail, I say, is no Manx."
-- from The Two Gentle Manx of Verona, Act III, sc. 1
"A merry cat sleeps all the day."
-- from A Winter's No-Tail, Act IV, sc. 3
"Wherefore are these toys hid?"
-- from Twelfth Bite, Act I, sc. 3
"Methought I heard a voice cry, "Sleep more! Mypet does need sleep!"
-- from Mypet, Act II, sc. 2
"Purr... a dish to catch my sole, but I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chicken is come again."
-- from Cathello, Act III, sc. 3
"I tasted mice, and now doth mice taste me."
-- from Rat's Yard II, Act V, sc. 5
"Beware the Iams of March."
-- from Julie Has Seafood, Act I, sc. 2
"O for tuna, for tuna! all humans call me finicky."
-- from No Meow and Julie Ate It, Act III, sc. 5
"The better part of velour is destruction"
-- from Henry the Furred, Part I, Act V, sc. 4
"I will fasten my claws on this sleeve of thine: thou art an elm, my human, I, a vine."
-- from The Calm Me Is An Error, Act II, sc. 2
"Not that I loved Science Diet less, but that I loved Eukanuba more."
-- from Julie Has Seafood, Act III, sc.
"What is a Manx, if its chief good and market of its time be but to sleep and feed? a feast, and more."
-- from Handlick, Act IV, sc. 4
"If there were reason for these miseries, then into limits could I bind my mowrroww-wowls."
-- from Bite Us and Run Amuck, Act III, sc. 1
"I can talk, and speak to him in many sorts of meows."
-- Twelfth Bite, Act I, sc. 2
"The moist Starkist, upon whose influence the Tuna Empire stands." --Handlick, Act I, sc. 1
"Sleep, that sometimes shuts up the cat's eye, steal me awhile from the mice's company."
--A Midslumber Mice Dream, Act III, sc. 2
"This was the most unkindest cat of all."
--Julie Has Seafood, Act III, sc. 2
"The beast with many attachments butts me away."
--Cleanervacuumus, Act IV, sc. 2
"That way mattress lies."
--King Oscar Sardines, Act III, sc. 4
"He that lies on the lap stays for pets."
--The Ten Pets, Act IV, sc. 1
"All this condo's my stage, and the humans merely players."
--As You Lick It, Act III, sc. 7
"This mortal carpet I'll ruin."
--Antony and Cleo the Cat, Act V, sc. 2
"The world's mine Fancy Feast, which I with sharp claws will open."
--The Meows and Whines of Whiskas, Act II, sc. 2
"I have eaten him out of house and home."
--Henry the Furred, Part II, Act II, sc. 1
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