“I would define a book as a work of magic whence escape, all kinds of images to trouble the souls and change the hearts of men”
Anatole France
“A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees”
Benjamin Franklin
“To me the Olympic spirit embodies the magic of competition, hard work and coming to a point in your career when you're around the best athletes in the world, and having the whole world watching.”
Julia Mancuso
“Books are a uniquely portable magic”
Stephen King
“A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”
Colin Powell
“A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way”
Caroline Gordon
“Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.”
Jacob Bronowski
