"To do magic, to do great magic, he has to know himself as a piece of the universe.A piece of the universe?A little piece that has all the rest of it in it. Everything outside of him is also inside of him."

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Source : Peter Straub (2015). “Shadowland”, p.53, Penguin

Peter Straub

#Magic Quotes #Littles Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“Democrats have no agenda, no plan for the future, and no sense of leadership”
“Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.”
“You say that my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it? The man who alters his way of thinking to suit othere is a fool. My way of thinking is the result of my reflections. It is part of my inner being,the way I am made. I do not contradict them, and would not even if I wished to. For my system, which you disapprove of is also my greatest comfort in life, the source of all my happiness -it means more to me than my life itself.”
“I think my time at West Brom was successful, that's my take on it. I look back on the work I did there with a lot of pride, I enjoyed my time. Unfortunately it ended a bit prematurely but that's what happens, that's the nature of modern day football.”
“I'm afraid of habit patterns It would be too much of a routine if you had to establish definite ways of getting through things. You'd get very bored.”
“I'm crazy about ducks and swans and geese, so I don't eat foie gras. I try to eat organic.”

Source : "My favourite table". Interview with Neil Norman, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2007.
“I'm drawn to characters who bear similarities to the protagonists in myths and legends. (...)”
“I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed.”

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