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Quotes About Magic

When you're a kid, facts don't matter. It's how hard you believe. How much you wish.
~ Stephen Graham Jones
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.
~ Stephen Leacock
Children understand that 'once upon a time' refers not only--not even primarily--to the past, but to the impalpable regions of the present, the deeper places inside us where princes and dragons, wizards and talking birds, impassable roads, impossible tasks, and happy endings have always existed, alive and bursting with psychic power.
~ Stephen Mitchell
Santa mediated magically between parent and child--between the buyer and the recipient of the gifts. His presence was what took the gift out of the realm of commerce--in the eyes of parents, perhaps, as well as children. To phrase this in a more contemporary fashion, we might say that Santa 'mystified' consumption. He also mystified production and distribution.
~ Stephen Nissenbaum
And he who wields white, wild magic gold is a paradox For he is everything and nothing Hero and fool Potent, helpless And with one word of truth or treachery He will save or damn the earth Because he is mad and sane Cold and passionate Lost and found
~ Stephen R. Donaldson
It was Arthur's welcome alone, I believe, which turned the tide of misery for Merlin.
~ Stephen R. Lawhead
All he had, in fact, was Merlin's shining promise.
~ Stephen R. Lawhead
The spell is Morgians
~ Stephen R. Lawhead
She stood watching a ritual she had seen many times before, yet which now seemed odd and extremely archaic; as if everything - the hill, the ox, the Mage, the cauldron, the king, the people looking on - everything belonged to a time so far away, so obscurely ancient that it could no longer be comprehended, only felt in the pulse of blood that flowed through her veins.
~ Stephen R. Lawhead
For if there was to be any transformation in the spiritual orientation of the pilgrim's soul, that change would take place not on arrival as if by magic, but in the long, hard work of The Way.
~ Stephen R. Lawhead
How can you see a real forest if you have never seen a fairy forest?
~ Stephen R. Lawhead
Once we open our eyes to the infinite magic that the universe has in abundance, we are sure to be enthralled by what we see and this miraculous creation gets us closer to our dreams and to the world as a whole.
~ Stephen Richards
The universe is full of magical things to be manifested with Cosmic Ordering.
~ Stephen Richards
It's not that the magick has gone, it's just that you don't use it anymore!
~ Stephen Richards
Magic moments are the currency of life ... manage them well and you will be wealthy...
~ Stephen Richards
To be bold is to be filled with magick, genius and power...
~ Stephen Richards
If you want the Cinderella moments then you have to believe in magick.
~ Stephen Richards
We can't all come and go by Bubble!
~ Stephen Schwartz
Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night.Tonight there will be no morning star.
~ Stephen Sondheim
Traffic generation isn't magic.  It all comes down to creating great content and establishing powerful alliances that help you reach large audiences.
~ Steve Scott
She smiled at me. We were all friends here. Morrolan carried Blackwand, which slew a thousand at the Wall of Barrit's Tomb. Aliera carried Pathfinder, which they say served a power higher than the Empire. Sethra carried Iceflame, which embodied within it the power of the Dzur Mountain. I carried myself rather well, thank you.
~ Steven Brust
He got up and walked out, so I missed seeing the powerful sorcerer doing his powerful sorcery, which would have involved him closing his eyes and then, I don't know, maybe taking a deep breath or something.
~ Steven Brust
What foul sorcery is this?" she said. "Pretty standard foul sorcery; nothing special." "Okay," she said. "Just checking.
~ Steven Brust
The creation of powerful magical tools, generally, is the result of one of three things: the desire to impress a lover; an accident while trying to create something else entirely; or a side project created to assist while working toward something considered more significant by the creator.
~ Steven Brust