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Logic only gives man what he needs,” he stammered. “Magic gives him what he wants.

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If you take any activity, any art, any discipline, any skill, take it andpush it as far as it will go, push it beyond where it has ever been before,pu...more

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

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

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...on a number of occasions this book has made reference to magic, and each time you've shaken your head, muttering such criticisms as "What does he m...more

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I believe in political solutions to political problems. But man's primary problems aren't political; they're philosophical. Until humans can solve the...more

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Now and again, one could detect in a childless woman of a certain age the various characteristics of all the children she had never issued. Her body w...more

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All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.

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In order to tame death, they refuse to completely enjoy life. In rejecting complete enjoyment, they are half-dead in advance - and that with no guaran...more

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The longer Ellen Cherry thought about it, the more convinced she became that the mission of the artist in an overtechnologized, overmasculinized socie...more

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There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know bett...more

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When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on that gratuitous magic ...more

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After the monkeys came down from the trees and learned to hurl sharp objects, they had had to move into caves for protection--not only from the big pr...more