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The Cat Who Woke Me Up

By Sy Safransky · thesunmagazine.org · October 2025
The Cat Who Woke Me Up
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"The hierarchy that places humans above cats has broken down. I know, in a way I once didn’t, that cats and dogs and birds and bees and every living creature are conscious in a way that’s too hard for most of us to acknowledge. We’re all a bunch of narcissists who imagine that no life-form is quite as appealing as this one we call human. We’re unable to share the stage unless the animals are the supporting players."

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