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“books are a uniquely portable magic.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Just remember before you do that Dumbo didn’t need the feather; the magic was in him.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Science is magic that works.” Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle
“Every Ollivander wand has a core of a powerful magical substance, Mr. Potter. We use unicorn hairs, phoenix tail feathers, and the heartstrings of dragons. No two Ollivander wands are the same, just as no two unicorns, dragons, or phoenixes are...” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
“If this be magic, let it be an art lawful as eating.” William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
“There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
“Ah, music, . . . A magic beyond all we do here!” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
“Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one...” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“Perhaps the magic would last. Perhaps it wouldn’t. But then, what does?” Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
“Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Real strength never impairs beauty or harmony, but it often bestows it; and in everything imposingly beautiful, strength has much to do with the magic.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
“A woman’s life is nine parts mess to one part magic, you’ll learn that soon enough... and the parts that look like magic often turn out to be messiest of all.” George R. R. Martin, A Clash of Kings
“MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin.” Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
“I don't want realism. I want magic!” Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
“I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.” Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie
“There is nothing special in the world. Nothing magic. Just physics.” Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
“The gods are not magicians who transform themselves, neither do they deceive mankind in any way.” Plato, The Republic
“It was a joy. Words weren't dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you.” Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye
“magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell truth, I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful, then let me be damned for it!” Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire
“Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goals, if he is able to think, if he is able to wait, if he is able to fast.” Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
“Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Don’t be stupid... it’s a flying house!” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“People were stupid, sometimes. They thought the Library was a dangerous place because of all the magical books, which was true enough, but what made it really one of the most dangerous places there could ever be was the simple fact that it was a...” Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

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