The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.

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Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef

Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

As unrefined and basic as an animal's emotional equipment may be, it is not insensitive...

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any...

Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any...

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect lover.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect lover.

True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system...

True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system...

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You...

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few...

When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic...

When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic...

Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.

Logic only gives man what he needs...Magic gives him what he wants.

There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If...

There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If...

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

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

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue...

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue...

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.

Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.