Spells Quotes - Page 30

• The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Magic, Tongue, Language

  "Eugene Aram". Book I, Chapter VII, 1832.

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• Creativity is one of those hypnotic words which are prone to cast a spell upon our understanding and dissolve our thinking into haze.

  Albert Einstein

  Creativity, Thinking, Understanding

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• Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.

  Abraham Joshua Heschel

  Creativity, Dark, Night

  Abraham Joshua Heschel (1973). “A Passion for Truth”, p.259, Macmillan

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• No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell.

  John Milton

  Cells, Inspire, Pale

  John Milton (1844). “I. Prose Works: Poetical works. II.”

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• Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one of these rarities - engrossing, beautifully written and utterly enchanting. If you choose to read just one novel this year, this is it

  Danielle Trussoni

  Night, Escaping, Years

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• This human need for mysticism – surrender to an unknown truth, union – stands at the helm of all romantic feeling. It is, in essence, the same intimacy known in a mother’s arms; in those who are deprived of the experience, the need freezes and, distorted, it can rent a life. All addiction has as its foundation skewed yearning for the same transcendence. For me, the spell of the material was broken by my brother’s death; after his suicide, all I wanted was the renewal of my connection to the intangible.

  Antonella Gambotto-Burke

  Mother, Suicide, Brother

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• I don't go by trends. I wear what I am comfortable in and what suits me. It is never about what is 'in' and what is 'out'. My personal sense of style spells 'comfort'.

  Karisma Kapoor

  Style, Comfort, Trends

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• Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again.

  Benjamin Walker

  Actors, Dry, Going To Work

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• Normally I can balance two or three things. The problem is when you're out of work and don't have anything to balance. I think people assume you're always busy. You go through dry spells.

  Marvin Hamlisch

  Thinking, Two, People

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• Romney economics would spell disaster for America's middle class. In this economy there are shipbuilders and ship wreckers.

  Martin O'Malley

  Class, America, Ships

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• Before 'Wings' came out, I told a few people that at the end of book one, readers should think Laurel made the right choice. Then, at the end of 'Spells,' they should understand why Laurel made the choice she did.

  Aprilynne Pike

  Book, Thinking, Wings

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• There's a special gut-check moment the first time you write a scene in which somebody casts a spell.

  Lev Grossman

  Writing, Special, Firsts

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• I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell.

  Jessye Norman

  Affliction, Particular, I Can

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• That's right," said Luna encouragingly, as if they were back in the Room of Requirement and this was simply spell practice for the D.A. "That's right, Harry... come on, think of something happy..." "Something happy?" he said, his voice cracked. "We're all still here," she whispered, "We're still fighting. Come on, now.

  J. K. Rowling

  Fighting, Thinking, Practice

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• Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later.

  Gene Wolfe

  Communication, Men, Purpose

  Gene Wolfe (2009). “The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction”, p.111, Macmillan

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• Derek lunged. He hit me in the shoulder and knocked me to the floor, landing on top of me. His body jerked, like he'd been hit with the spell, and I let out a yelp, struggling to get up, but he held me down, whispering "I'm okay, it's okay" until the words penetrated.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Struggle, Whispering, Body

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• You shouldn't have asked," I said. "Love doesn't ask many questions, because if we stop to think we become fearful. It's an inexplicable fear; it's difficult even to describe it. Maybe it's the fear of being scorned, of not being accepted, or of breaking the spell. It's ridiculous, but that's the way it is. That's why you don't ask-you act. As you've said many times, you have to take risks.

  Paulo Coelho

  Thinking, Risk, Way

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• Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.

  Mark Twain

  Book, Thinking, Imagination

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• Making a spell is easy. It's trusting you did it right that's hard.

  Kim Harrison

  Easy, Trusting You, Hard

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• The wrong action done at the wrong time spells disaster The right action done at the wrong time spells resistance The wrong action done at the right time spells mistake but The right action done at the right time spells a miracle

  John C. Maxwell

  Mistake, Miracle, Done

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• Have you ever noticed that life consists mostly of interruptions, with occasional spells of rush work in between?

  Buwei Yang Chao

  Occasional, Interruptions

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• It [the scarlet letter] had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a sphere by herself.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Humanity, Letters, Spheres

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (2010). “The Scarlet Letter”, p.45, Bibliolis Books

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• Their false compassion is called compassion and their false understanding is called understanding, for this is their most potent spell.

  Aleister Crowley

  Compassion, Understanding

  Aleister Crowley (2012). “The Best of the Equinox, Enochian Magic”, p.96, Weiser Books

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• How long, I wonder, will ignorance spell purity and knowledge shame?

  Rosamond Lehmann

  Ignorance, Long, Wonder

  Rosamond Lehmann (1975). “The ballad and the source”, Harvest Books

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• I have one final hope, If I get double sixes, maybe he will change his mind, come back to me. As if to cast a magic spell, I blow on the dice just as Dex did...Just as it happened with our first roll, one die lands before its mate. On a six! I hold my breath. For a brief second, I see a mess of dots, and think I have boxcars again. I kneel, staring at the second die. It is onle a five. I have rolled an eleven, It is as if someone is mocking me, saying, Close, but no dice.

  Emily Giffin

  Blow, Thinking, Land

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