* Our work day doesn't officially begin until we've all discussed the latest installment of Cathy in the morning paper. We always swear you've taken a page from one of our life histories to write the strip." (Topeka, KS)

* "It is so true--every word, gesture, and feeling! We love it!" (Pasadena, CA)

* "No matter what happens in Cathy's life, just knowing she's there to laugh and go AACK!! with us is of immeasurable therapeutic benefit to me!" (Fairfax, VA)

* "I feel like you're my best friend." (Bridgeport, CT)

* You have been having me followed, have tapped my phone conversations, and have bribed my dates and relatives for information all these years." (Detroit)

* "Your cartoons are pinned to office walls and stuck on refrigerators all throughout the city of Chicago." (Chicago)

* "Your comic strip is what keeps my daughter and me speaking to each other." (New York)

* "Don't forget to take your vitamins, Sweetie." (Mom)