“I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world that had so little magic in it. I needed to understand how they convinced themselves that magic wasn’t important.”
“People so often loose sight of the magic in life once they understand how it works.”
“...everyone wants to be excited by something magical and wondrous - to be reminded of how they once saw the world ...”
“Cordelia was thinking how human beings can invent words, how they can line up their invented words side by side on paper. It was magic.”
“I want to be magic. I want to touch the heart of the world and make it smile. I want to be a friend of elves and live in a tree. Or under a hill. I want to marry a moonbeam and hear the stars sing. I don't want to pretend at magic anymore. I want to be magic.”
“I need to get to that tea party and wake up the guests."Jeb looks at me. "And how are you supposed to do that? Give a magical kiss to the half-baked hatmaker?”