Think like magician, present like magician and perform like magician.
But that is impossible," said Peter. "Magic is always impossible," said the magician. "It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it is magic.
To obfuscate the reconstruction of the effect - when a magician is fooled by another magician doing magic. In my career that's not been the major passion, but it's been the passion of a number of my mentors. The crowning achievement for them would be...
this is a book about something
Being the Magician isn't about being powerful when you have things and useless when you don't," Persephone said. "The Magician sees what is out there and finds connections. The Magician can make anything magical.
Old age is cruel for whores and magicians.
The world was fucking awful. It was a wretched, desolate place, a desert of meaninglessness, a heartless wasteland, where horrific things happened all the time for no reason and nothing good lasted for long. He'd been right about the world, but he wa...
If there was any magic in this world that was not magic, it was wine.
A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his s...
What is?', he said. 'What if?' is a question that belongs to magic.
Lo único que se necesita en la vida es seguridad, conocimiento y mucho descaro.
Robert Angier: He's a dreadful magician. Cutter: No, he's a wonderful magician. He's a dreadful showman.
his mind spinning and lurching like a dryer with a shoe in it
What makes you think what happened to you on Earth wasn't an adventure?
You didn’t get the quest you wanted, you got the one you could do.
Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.
A great magician is not more magical than other magicians; he is just more magical in his presentation.
Magic is always impossible. It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That's why it is magic.
Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing one’s cues.
First rate magician perform first rate magic effects, second rate magician performs third rate magic effects.
I have a little theory that I'd like to air here, if I may. What is it that you think makes you magicians?" More silence. Fogg was well into rhetorical-question territory now anyway. He spoke more softly. "Is it because you are intelligent? Is it bec...
