Magic Quotes - Page 3

I find that writing is as magical as the genre I write in. When the story comes alive and takes over, it's truly a journey to another world.

Most tales carry a kernel of truth, else they're soon forgotten.

Desire is often the greatest poison.

In the beginning there was only Darkness.

Like seduction, the Priestess took poisoning to an art form.

Beauty to beguile, spies to ensnare, and gold, always gold, to tempt, to trap, to control.

Reflections of the battlements shimmered in the deep green moat, casting an image of enduring strength, an image that defied the very siege of time.

Though in this genre we write about the fantastic, the stories work best when there is solid grounding in our world. Magic works best for me when it aligns with scientific principles. Worldbuilding works best when it draws from sources in our world. Characters work best when they’re grounded in solid human emotion and experience.

Threshold is where the madness ends and the magic begins.

Words have power, my son. Words can cut to the heart and soothe the deepest hurts. They can be puzzles that leave another pondering for days. I prefer to cast my spells of words in ways that make others think. It is a fault, I fear, that has come with age.

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

The words sounded like a mournful incantation.

Letter make words. Words make stories. And stories can be changed with strong enough magic.

Of course words are magic. That's why they call it spelling.

When you are writing laws you are testing words to find their utmost power. Like spells, they have to make things happen in the real world, and like spells, they only work if people believe in them.

I believe in the magic and in the authority of words

Words and magic were in the beginning one and the same thing, and even today words retain much of their magical power.

Why certainly, words possess power.  They do!  But releasing their magic requires combining and arranging those words in the right order.

I saw pearls in her mouth and the velvet cushion of her tongue and I heard the magic words come out of her.

I am not interested in wishing hard and having the Universe provide all I need without any work on my part.