Quotes by Magic Storytelling draws on the magic of language to created Elsewheres. Writers use a linguistic sleight-of-hand to take an attribute, attach them to new objects, and create enchantment. Maria Tatar enchantmentmagichands Baking makes me focus. On weighing the sugar. On sieving the flour. I find it calming and rewarding because, in fairness, it is sort of magic - you start off with all this disparate stuff, such as butter and eggs, and what you end up with is so totally different. And also delicious. Marian Keyes magiceggsfocus Magic happens when you tell the universe what you want it to do for you; miracles happen when you ask how you can be of service to the universe. Marianne Williamson magicmiraclewant We are what we were at birth, and each trait has remained in conformity with earth's and with heaven's logic: Be the devil's tool, resort to black magic, None can diverge from the ends which Heaven foreordained. Marianne Moore magicblackheaven I'd like to transform the system in very fundamental ways, but you've got to do that in every way that you can. You can't wait for some magic bullet or some magic politician or some magic anything to have that happen. You got to get out there and use your vote. Marian Wright Edelman magicusewaiting Music is the strongest form of magic. Marilyn Manson magicformmusic If you are really true to yourself and really follow your intuition in the most rigorous way, there is a moment that becomes universal, that reaches everybody. That’s the real magic of Björk-she teaches us the courage to be ourselves. Marina Abramovic intuitionmagicreal For example, John Law's Mississippi Company venture printed shares, and the money had gone up in smoke when it had been inscribed objects. The inscription made it magic and changed its meaning. That's how objects become charmed in The Arabian Nights, and they are often originally ordinary objects. The carpet is an ordinary, paltry object. The lamp is a rusty old lamp, and the bottles jinns are imprisoned within are old bottles. They are changed by the magic and the jinn's presence, and the jinn's presence is often embodied in the seal or inscription. Marina Warner magiclawnight Midlife is not the time to disenchant ourselves. It's a time to turn on all our magic in full force. Marianne Williamson midlifemagicforce No! Beauty is emotional! That's why plastic surgery never works. Women who want to change their nose, lips, they don't understand that they are doing nothing except erasing their magic. Mario Testino magicemotionalnoses She briefly wished she did have some sort of magic so she could shoot a bolt of lightning through his head. Marissa Meyer boltslightningmagic I've always believed in the power of prayer. One prayer can accomplish more than a thousand plans. That isn't a magic formula, but it's an idea that if you pray, keep praying and then praying some more. Mark Batterson magicprayerideas We need not wait for the world to become more mystical; the world is mystical. Our problem is not that the world lacks magic; our problem is that we don't believe in its magic. We do not show up fully for life, and then wonder why life is not showing up more fully for us. Marianne Williamson magicwaitingbelieve That impossible dream you dreamed when you were young but got talked out of, the one you thought you outgrew, might be the key to awakening your genius. That special talent you never followed through on might be an important source of delight, the one you should commit to. That old dream might be the one thing that will bring the magic of meaning to your life. Mark Victor Hansen magickeysdream When you think about it, there's no way to input things into a computer. It's all... the holes only go out, right? Like you can plug a keyboard or a mouse in but that's a trick because the computer thinks the inputs are outputs. That's a programmer trick, basically magic. The key to the future is to make holes that go in too. Mark Zuckerberg magickeysthinking Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attraction of one thing by another because of a certain affinity of nature. Marsilio Ficino magiclove-isthinking The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living. Martha Graham magicreasonworld The use of soul-force for turning stones into bread would have been considered, as it is still considered, as black magic. Mahatma Gandhi magicblacksoul Whence did the wond'rous mystic art arise, / Of painting SPEECH, and speaking to the eyes? / That we by tracing magic lines are taught, / How to embody, and to colour THOUGHT? Marshall McLuhan magiceyeart The universe is almost like a huge magic trick and scientists are trying to figure out how it does what it does. Martin Gardner magicdoetrying«5253545556575859606162»
