There is nothing else in magic but the wild thought of the bird as it casts itself into the void. There is no creature upon the earth with such potential for magic. Even the least of them may fly straight out of this world and come by chance to the Other Lands. Where does the wind come from that blows upon your face, that fans the pages of your book? Where the harum-scarum magic of small wild creatures meets the magic of Man, where the language of the wind and the rain and the trees can be understood, there we will find the Raven King.

Mr. Robinson was a polished sort of person. He was so clean and healthy and pleased about everything that he positively shone - which is only to be expected in a fairy or an angel, but is somewhat disconcerting in an attorney.

Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful.

You mean to say he became mad deliberately?' ...Nothing is more likely,' said the duke.

..The argument he was conducting with his neighbor as to whether the English magician had gone mad because he was a magician, or because he was English.

This is a very grave matter, punishable by...well, I do not exactly know what, but something rather severe, I should imagine.

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.