Holly Black Quotes

I'm a wizard and I know it.

What is merely a hypothesis to anyone else is an overwhelming temptation to a wizard.

We are the nation of dreams. We are seers. We are wizards. We speak in visions. Our letters are like flocks of doves, released from under our hats. We have only to stretch out our hand and desire, and what we wish for settles like a kerchief in our palm. We are a race of sorcerers, enchanters. We are Atlantis. We are the wizard-isle of Mu.

Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad.

What use is wizardry if it cannot save a Unicorn?

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works.

It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able to perform such a diverse range of things.

Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.

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

Get down, you fool!

The Wizard of Ooze

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

Who wouldn't want to be wizard, at least for a day, as long as you didn't have the dilemmas and the situations that Merlin was thrown into. I'd be happy if you could actually use the powers to have a bit of fun and do something good for the world and maybe for yourself, whereas Merlin's kind of limited in that he has to look after Arthur.

Merlin is, in the terms of the world of magic, one of the most intriguing and powerful characters.

Mischief moves somewhere near and I must blast it with my magic.

If the world held magic powerful enough to make the elephant appear, then there must exist, too, magic in equal measure, magic powerful enough to undo what had been done.

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.

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.

Magic. It can get a guy killed.

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

Then what is magic for?" Prince Lír demanded wildly. "What use is wizardry if it cannot save a unicorn?" He gripped the magician's shoulder hard, to keep from falling. Schmedrick did not turn his head. With a touch of sad mockery in his voice, he said, "That's what heroes are for.

What is magic? There is the wizard's explanation... wizards talk about candles, circles, planets, stars, bananas, chants, runes and the importance of having at least four good meals every day.

I put the ick in magic.

Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it.