“Ultimately, the purpose of magic is to free our potential, not bind us to ideas.”

“The risks involved in the pursuit of magic are--put simply--either getting frightened by unpleasant perceptions or becoming deluded. Unfortunately it is possible to suffer from both symptoms at the same time.”

“The songs of our ancestors are also the songs of our children”

“The idea of committing her body to the hands of a man she trusted was freeing, liberating in a way she couldn't quite explain, even to herself”

“She felt loose and free and light in a universe without purpose.”

“Cooking up ideas like my brain is on a stove.”

“he [Llewelyn Powys] has always in mind the great touchstone Death & consequently life is always judged as how far it fits us, or compensates us, for ultimately dying.”