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"We must not let daylight in upon the magic."

Bagehot, Walter on magic
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"The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility of God and the police to be guarded against; on the other it is as difficult as music, as deep as poetry, as ingenious as stage-craft, as nervous as the manufacture of high explosives, and as delicate as the trade in narcotics."

Bolitho, William on magic    Share

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"Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective."

Burroughs, William S. on magic
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"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."

Crowley, Aleister on magic    Share

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"The magic of the pen lies in the concentration of your thoughts upon one object."

Lewes, George Henry on magic    Share

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"There is something in omens."

Ovid on magic
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"When magic through nerves and reason passes, imagination, force, and passion will thunder. The portrait of the world is changed."

Stojanovic, Dejan on magic    Share

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Bagehot, Walter
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