#magic

Man may trust man, Prince Elric, but perhaps we'll never have a truly sane world until men learn to trust mankind. That would mean the death of magic, I think. ↗

— Michael Moorcock

#eternal-champion #magic #man #mankind #sanity

I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living. ↗

— James Cameron

#bicycles #brooding #civil #civil servants #cost

I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it? ↗

— Humphrey Carpenter

#baby #believe #came #ceiling #flew

Walking is magic. Can't recommend it highly enough. I read that Plato and Aristotle did much of their brilliant thinking together while ambulating. The movement, the meditation, the health of the blood pumping, and the rhythm of footsteps...this is a primal way to connect with one's deeper self. ↗

— Paula Cole

#blood #brilliant #connect #deeper #did

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#arts #branch #comprehension #difficult #errors

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable. ↗

— Margot Fonteyn

#genius #inexplicable #magic #point #whole

He made a sound close to a growl before speaking. “Why do you resist my assistance?” She stopped walking and faced him. “Because I don't like you. ↗

— Lia Davis

#demon #magic #paranormal-romance #the-divinities-series #witch

You like playing with fire?” “Yes. It is my favorite element.” She extracted her arm from his grip and stepped inside the elevator ↗

— Lia Davis

#magic #paranormal-romance #the-divinities-series #witches #death

That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is. ↗

— Lesley Garrett

#communication #form #i #magical #most

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#creatures #efficacy #forgot #fruitful #god