#magi

Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#agreeable #because #before #curiosity #everything

I don't think I could ever really be with a woman because that's a lot of... Yeah, there's a lot of estrogen and I'm a lot to deal with when it's that time of the month, so I can't imagine it times two. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#could #deal #ever #i #imagine

I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back? ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#bunch #huge #i #i love #imagination

An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

#actively #being #expected #first #future

Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#allows #central #device #express #feelings

He groaned and I saw his face. "Curran!" I would've preferred a homicidal lunatic. Oh, wait... ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#kate #magic-strikes #ilona-andrews

I am not a fan of the magical quick fix in any fiction, including fantasy, scifi and comic books. Unless Dr. Who is involved, and then only because we get to use the phrase 'Timey-wimey wibbliness' which, I'm sure you'll agree, there are not enough occasions to drop into ordinary adult conversation. ↗

— Chris Dee

#deus-ex-machina #dr-who #fantasy-genre #magic #science-fiction

This isn't about what is . . . it's about what people think is. It's all imaginary anyway. That's why it's important. People only fight over imaginary things. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#americans

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#emphasized #game #how #jordan #learned

When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#could #even #feeling #glimpse #got