Magicians Quotes

“If you look up" charming "in the dictionary, you'll see that it not only has references to strong attraction, but to spells and magic. Then again, what are liars if not great magicians?”
― Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming

“I have a little theory that I'd like to air here, if I may. What is it that you think makes you magicians?" More silence. Fogg was well into rhetorical-question territory now anyway. He spoke more softly. "Is it because you are intelligent? Is it because you are brave and good? Is is because you're special?

Maybe. Who knows. But I'll tell you something: I think you're magicians because you're unhappy. A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength.

Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break you.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

“He was transfixed at the sight of the lords and ladies of his realm running about like demented chickens.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Amulet of Samarkand

“That's how I do this life sometimes by making the ordinary just like magic and just like a card trick and just like a mirror and just like the disappearing. Every Indian learns how to be a magician and learns how to misdirect attention and the dark hand is always quicker than the white eye and no matter how close you get to my heart you will never find out my secrets and I'll never tell you and I'll never show you the same trick twice.
I'm traveling heavy with illusions.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

“He smiles, and he's made of trouble. We should have dropped him in the Thames in a bag of stones. We should have left him out for the fairies.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“But the other Ministers considered that to employ a magician was one thing, novelists were quite another and they would not stoop to it.”
― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

“Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them.”
― Amit Kalantri

“I was told once by some country people that a magician should never tell his dreams because the telling will make them come true. But I say that is great nonsense.”
― Susanna Clarke, The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories

“Wizards? Do you mean they do things a different way?"
"No, just the way we do," Merlin replied.With a flick of his finger he lit the soggy heap of kindling that Arthur had gathered (...) A blaze leapt up on the instant. Merlin then opened his hands and produced some food out of thin air.”
― Deepak Chopra, The Way of the Wizard: Twenty Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Life You Want

“Thank God!" he said, and kissed her.
Kissing Mairelon was much nicer than anything she had ever dared to imagine, despite the headache.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, A Matter of Magic

“Hating clowns is a waste of time because you’ll never loathe a clown as much as he loathes himself, but a magician? Magicians think they’re wise and witty, full of patter and panache, walking around like they didn’t deserve to be shot in the back of the head and dumped in a lake. For all the grandeur of its self-regard, magic consists of nothing more than making a total stranger feel stupid. Worse, the magician usually dresses like a jackass.”
― Grady Hendrix, Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction

“Just having a certain kind of attitude can be magic.”
― Matt Posner, The Ghost in the Crystal

“We may share an ability, you and I, but that does not make us equals.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“The world is magical but there aren’t enough magicians.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“An Enforcer’s style is to destroy all magicians in sight and lap up their essence like a starved cur.”
― Lita Burke, Wrath, Prequel to Tredan's Bane

“A skilled magician cannot fool other skilled magicians with moves, but he can certainly fool them with mathematics.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“It is a great age to live in and, if need be, die in and for. Any magician worth his salt would tell you the same.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

“As of this moment,' Sadie growled, 'my brother's name is Punching Bag. Seems he hasn't been telling me everything”
― Rick Riordan, Demigods & Magicians: Percy and Annabeth Meet the Kanes

“Mr. Bode piped, “Just to reiterate the specifics. We want the magical essence of the Quintet to reveal themselves through their spirit keys. So, Helloise, you can do half now and complete it at the height of the Taurunox so it has maximum effect. That should be just shy of ten when the students are enjoying their last dance.”

Mrs. Vee nodded, closed her eyes, and proffered her arm with the blue Obiscule in her palm.


Mr. Bode spoke again. 'Oh, and before you proceed, Helloise. I apologize for the inconvenience, but when we do identify the Blood Quintet, we will all be on bodyguard duty for the night at their homes just to ensure they're fine throughout the duration of the meteor shower. "


Mrs. Vee huffed. “Rather annoying. But I guess I see the sense in it. I’ll be using my alternative form, however. Surely, that’s permitted in these…special circumstances.”

Mr. Bode glanced at Mr. Bruce, who nodded.

"Yes, you may morph,” Bode said. “But I warn… you may be subject to fierce attacks from the enemy. I say that to say that it is not my prerogative to tell you not to use forbidden spells."


Each of them nodded in agreement.

Mr. Bruce added. “Kat. You’re the most inexperienced here. If there’s anything you will need before the vigil then I’m sure you can approach any of us here. Yes?”

"Got it." Ms. Nash nodded, her fingers trembling under the table.


“Please proceed, Helloise,” Mr. Bruce ordered.


Mrs.Vee inhaled deeply before enunciating a melodious five-lined incantation that could pass for a nursery rhyme. Seconds later, her blue orb emitted five strands of flaccid, spaghettified blue light which fell down over her palm like a quintet of luminescent shoe-laces. Without warning, the light laces stiffened and shot off in different directions. The room glowed momentarily as the light inside the orb flickered like a flame in the wind. Finally, Mrs. Vee uttered a single word, pitching the room once more into semi-darkness.


“Done,” she said, sitting.

Mr. Bruce gave her a half-hearted clap. “Brilliant.”
― Asher Sharol, Bonds Of Chrome Magic

“Magic is the most philosophical performing art, because — like philosophy — it replaces the illusion of knowledge with the knowledge of illusion.”
― Nikolas Jintri

“She was their witch queen, and they adored her.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician King

“Zaya set his fingertips atop a book and looked at Col. “One of the commanders turned a whole field of soldiers into potatoes. Then had them crushed underfoot by horses.”

“They couldn’t feel much when they were potatoes. It was less cruel, really.”
― Molly Ringle, Sage and King

“A professional magician thinks of magic only twice a day, when he is alone and when he is with someone else.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“The most talented of all magicians in this world is undoubtedly foggy mornings!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A Magician is a liar who has not been caught.”
― Paul Bamikole

“The early magicians, to my thinking, must have been people who knew the symbols and stories of the societies next door.

Ones who understood that the Pharaoh's got different gods from the Greeks, and they've got different gods from the Wildmen in the North with the pointy horned hats.

The folks who might come and say your neighbors have better gods than yours, and their rituals are more fun and their temples are better.

Or even worse, they might get you thinking about how strange it is that you both have gods for the sun even though there's only one sun.

Maybe that means the symbol is more powerful than the god.

The magicians are the ones who keep that secret knowledge. That occult knowledge. The understanding that the symbols run the show.”
― James Tynion IV

“He couldn’t explain it, but Quentin could tell when it was working. He could sense his words and gestures getting traction on the mysterious magical substrate of the universe. He could feel it physically. His fingertips got warm, and they seemed to leave trails in the air. There was a slight resistance, as if the air were getting viscous around him and pushing back against his hands and even against his lips and tongue. His mind buzzed with a caffeine-cocaine fizz. He was at the heart of a large and powerful system, he was its heart. When it was working, he knew it. And he liked it.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

“Life is a juggling act, and balance is the magician's wand that keeps all the chaos up in the air with style.”
― Don Santo

“We don’t have to be a magician to believe in magic. It is all around us.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“The group must have fled after being discovered, and the rest after taking the brunt end of Anya’s fireball.

Matthias reminded himself never to get on her bad side.”
― Robin Dalmar, Cove of Storms