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You can't do magic with books unless they're very special copies.

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At home I walked through a haze of belongings that knew, at least vaguely, who they belonged to. Grampar’s chair resented anyone else sitting on it as...more

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Class is entirely intangible, and the way it affects things isn't subject to scientific analysis, and it's not supposed to be real but it's pervasive ...more

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It isn't really magic, except that it is. It's not magic that reaches into the world ands changes things. It's all inside my body. I thought, sitting ...more

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Magic isn’t inherently evil. But it does seem to be terribly bad for people.

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You can never be sure where you are with magic.

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I wish magic was more dramatic

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magic can make things happen before you do it. It can make things have happened.

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You can almost always find chains of coincidence to disprove magic. That's because it doesn't happen the way it does in books. It makes those chains o...more

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I'm so glad I have my own copy. I can read them again and again. I can read them again and again on trains, all my life, and every time I do I'll reme...more