“Magic will still be here [...] just as it always has been. Even if no one believes it.”

“No. I'm not from outer space or the future. And this is not magic, just science, pure engineering. Magic, religion, the occult --all of it-- they are all excuses to not believe that wonders are possible here on Earth. I don't want to be magic. I want people to understand that things they never even dreamed of are possible. I want to be believed, Louisa.”

“Always there has been an adventure just around the corner--and the world is still full of corners.”

“Magic is not, and never has been a substitute for science, but is rather a constructive activity with a specific social function, and one that is still operative. [...] The aim of magical objects and magical rites is to arouse emotion in the group and to make such aroused emotions effective agents.”

“The fact is, the contest has always been invulnerability, and even when you win, you still lose.”

“The porpoise has always been a sign of renewal and of the charged magical life.”