Real Magic


One Hundred Years of Solitude
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Midnight’s Children
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Orphan Island
The Book Witch
Gods of Want: Stories
Earthlings
Sister Snake
Blue Futures, Break Open: A Novel
Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
Swamplandia!
Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon (Lost Souls, #1)
The Monsters We Defy
The Island of Last Things
Alexandra Monir
The truest magic is usually hidden behind the ordinary
Alexandra Monir, Realm of Wonders

Terry Pratchett
There's a lot of loose thinking about magic. People go around talking about mystic harmonies and cosmic balances and unicorns, all of which is to real magic what a glove puppet is to the Royal Shakespeare Company. Real magic is the hand around the bandsaw, the thrown spark in the powder keg, the dimension-warp linking you straight into the heart of a star, the flaming sword that burns all the way down to the pommel. Sooner juggle torches in a tar pit than mess with real magic. Sooner lie down i ...more
Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

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