Is there a connection between language and magic? Yes. Ten times yes. So much yes that it almost doesn't bear talking about. It's as pointless that arguing that the sun is hot.

You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.

He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places.

There are few things as nauseating as pure obedience.