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

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

“Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?”

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

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

“This looks like a job for inadvisably applied magic if ever I saw one.”