Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government — Magic (supernatural)

"Where magic is concerned, there is always an initial decision, an initial willingness to let it enter your life. If that is not there neither is magic."

"There are magic moments, involving great physical fatigue and intense motor excitement, that produce visions of people known in the past. As I learned later from the delightful little book of the Abbé de Bucquoy, there are also visions of books as yet unwritten."

"There is no magic in parchment or in wax."

"The abolition of magic will be a white stone on the path of the World. 249."

"Look at the children around you and you will find the magic curtain, magic indeed in this respect, that instead of dropping slowly down before your wondering eyes, it is growing up, unfolding and expanding some new beauty or exposing some well-remembered fault. What pleasure to note the many wonders of this all-revealing scene! What innocence in the sweet child face, what purity in the clear child eyes!"

"“Ambition wedded to sloth,” said Molnar. “Let no one say you don’t think like a true magician.”"