“And that's what I don't like about magic, Captain. 'cos it's *magic*. You can't ask questions, it's magic. It doesn't explain anything, it's magic. You don't know where it comes from, it's magic! That's what I don't like about magic, it does everything by magic!”

“That's what I don't like about magic. It does everything by magic.”

“That's one form of magic, of course." "What, just knowing things?" "Knowing things that other people don't know.”

“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”

“Knowing things is magical, if other people don't know them.”

“Magic?" Akiva had asked. "What bird does this come from, that its bone are made of magic?""Oh, it's not magic. The wishes don't really come true.""Then why do it?"She shrugged. "Hope? Hope can be a powerful force. Maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic.”

“She told me that if magic gives people what they want, then not using magic can give them what they need.”