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Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. Learn more. She did all the happenings. Alone with the cat in the room where you work The cat will settle down and be serene, with a serenity that passes all understanding. And the tranquility of the cat will gradually come to affect you, sitting there at your desk, so that all the excitable qualities that impede your concentration compose themselves and give your mind back the self-command it has lost.

You need not watch the cat all the time. Its presence alone is enough.