Chris Bohjalian Quotes

The trouble is, the other side can do magic too, Prime Minister.

Magic has universal appeal. I don't believe in magic in the way that I describe in my books, but I'd love it to be real.

Magic has often been thought of us the art of making dreams come true; the art of realizing visions. Yet before we can bring birth to the vision we have to see it.

Artemis Fowl grinned right back at him and pointed his index finger to the sky... from the tip of this finger sprang a small blue spark that exploded like a tiny firework. “I know magic can be stolen,” said Artemis. “Because I stole some myself.

Now my charms are all o'erthrown.

Magic. It can get a guy killed.

He hardly ever spoke of magic, and when he did it was like a history lesson and no one could bear to listen to him.

There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.

Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of - heightened nightsight, an empathy shared with the beasts, a utilization of the more obscure abilities of our minds. Nothing that science can't explain away. Wizardry is spells and enchantments. Fairy tales.

Magic is the craft of shaping, the craft of the wise, exhilarating, dangerous - the ultimate adventure. The power of magic should not be underestimated. It works, often in ways that are unexpected and difficult to control.

I'd always wanted to do these types of things - pieces of magic I could put out not as illusions, but really doing it.

I was always interested in enchantment and magicians and still am.

I don't particularly have any magical ambitions, but then, I never did. I just enjoyed the game.

Magic has been something I've been really good at since I was really young. The ability has always come easy to me, I'm not sure why.

Magic is really performing special effects live.

I'm still a little certain I'm a wizard.

I suspect Bill Snyder may be a sorcerer... he's one of the coaches that I admire most!

There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.

My understanding of magic is fairly straightforward. Hit enemies with a sword until they’re dead. If they rise again, hit them again. Repeat as necessary. It worked against Set.

Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh", said Hagrid. “Harry — yer a wizard.

MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.

What use is magic if it can't save a unicorn?

That's the perennial appeal of magic - that we ourselves have power and we can shape our world. I sometimes think its very analogous to having a lot of money that people think - 'cause that's kind of like a super power.

BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.

But magic is like pizza: even when it's bad, it's pretty good.