““Cats were often familiars to workers of magic because to anyone used to wrestling with self-willed, wayward, devious magic—which was what all magic was—it was rather soothing to have all the same qualities wrapped up in a small, furry, generally attractive bundle that looked more or less the same from day to day and might, if it were in a good mood, sit on your knee and purr. Magic never sat on anybody’s knee and purred.””
![“Once [a cat] has given its love, what absolute confidence, what fidelity of affection! It will make itself the companion of your hours of work, of loneliness, or of sadness. It will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society, and leaving the company of creatures of its…” quote by Théophile Gautier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/44c/theophile-gautier-7224_business_once-a-cat-has-given-its-love-what-absol_3056748.jpg)
![“Kind old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always go to a good man, they say[.]” quote by Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f0d/virginia-woolf-49_cats_kind-old-ladies-assure-us-that-cats-are_2382711.jpg)
![“[A cat] will lie the whole evening on your knee, purring and happy in your society...” quote by Theophile Gautier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fe6/theophile-gautier-7224_cat_a-cat-will-lie-the-whole-evening-on-your_2557845.jpg)
![“[the sheep] sidled up beside him and bumped him lovingly with its head. Val looked at it sadly. "I am sorry, you ugly creature," he said. "I have not used my magic in a long time, and I am very out of practice.” quote by Robin McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/21b/robin-mckinley-1591_humor_the-sheep-sidled-up-beside-him-and-bumpe_182306.jpg)
