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Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a centaur, a leopard, a wolf, or a bull?

—Aristophanes, 423 BC

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

—Saint Augustine, c. 400

Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

—Roald Dahl, 1990

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

—Robertson Davies, 1985

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

—Sophocles, c. 441 BC

To ensure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough; a police force is needed as well.

—Albert Camus, 1951

In the past, men created witches; now they create mental patients.

—Thomas Szasz, 1970

On no other stage are the scenes shifted with a swiftness so like magic as on the great stage of history when once the hour strikes.

—Edward Bellamy, 1888

Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.

—Derek Walcott, 1986

God is alive. Magic is afoot.

—Leonard Cohen, 1966

There are times when reality becomes too complex for oral communication. But legend gives it a form by which it pervades the whole world.

—Jean-Luc Godard, 1965

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

—Tom Robbins, 1976

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

—Robert Wilson, 1991