“Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef”
Tom Robbins
“Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the heart and spirit.”
Robert MacNeil
“I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out”
Katherine Dunn
“Some of mankind's most terrible misdeeds have been committed under the spell of certain magic words or phrases”
James Bryant Conant
“Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the magic of caresses, the spell is broken.”
Simone de Beauvoir
“The words dripped on my consciousness, sank into my being, and carried me away to the magic long ago of once upon a time.”
Peter Abrahams
“I don't know what the magic words are. They wanted to come and talk about it, but I don't have any expectations. I'm interested to hear what they have to say, as is Billy. If nothing else, it'll be an information-gathering process, hopefully.”
Bean Stringfellow
