The man of science, like the man of letters, is too apt to view mankind only in the abstract, selecting in his consideration only a single side of our complex and many-sided being. ↗
The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed. ↗
For pity’s sake, shut your royal gob and stop with the incessant screaming!” he demanded, pressing a finger to his lips for silence. “It’s damned annoying. ↗