#magicians

Thank God!" he said, and kissed her. Kissing Mairelon was much nicer than anything she had ever dared to imagine, despite the headache. ↗

— Patricia C. Wrede

#magic #magicians #imagination

It is the unspoken ethic of all magicians to not reveal the secrets. ↗

— David Copperfield

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Magicians lose the opportunity to experience a sense of wonder. ↗

— David Copperfield

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I was told once by some country people that a magician should never tell his dreams because the telling will make them come true. But I say that is great nonsense. ↗

— Susanna Clarke

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In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard. ↗

— Billy Joel

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I have a little theory that I'd like to air here, if I may. What is it that you think makes you magicians?" More silence. Fogg was well into rhetorical-question territory now anyway. He spoke more softly. "Is it because you are intelligent? Is it because you are brave and good? Is is because you're special? Maybe. Who knows. But I'll tell you something: I think you're magicians because you're unhappy. A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength. Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break you. ↗

— Lev Grossman

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Great liars are also great magicians. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

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