“The enchanted day is only enchanted if we ourselves believe that anything is possible.”

“We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention”

“Stories are the only enchantment possible, for when we begin to see our suffering as a story, we are saved.”

“While we're living, we need to get over ourselves and accept others if we want to enchant people.”

“Enchantment frightens us for good reason. Whether it's enchantment of the ordinary kind or the magical kind, it may very well change us, and we may not be able to return to our old selves, to our old certainties and our easy understandings. Magical people seem to fear that less than the rest of us. They want to be enchanted and are quite willing to be changed forever as they go deeper and deeper into realms beyond everyday understanding. Most of us wouldn't mind a little more magic ourselves, if we could slip in and out of it. We too want to leave the brab realities of work-a-day life, experience the transcendent, to revel in endless possibility. But most of us have lost any belief in good magic. All that's left is a vague sence that evil is afoot and ready to draw nearer. The only magic most of us believe in is the scary stuff.”

“If you still believe in magic, you're subject to enchantment.”