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I’ve learned over the years that a smile is a much more effective mask than a non-expression. Every non-expression is ultimately a blank canvas inviting unwanted feelings to flash into momentary visibility. But if you’re wearing
a smile, it’s easier to hide that which you would prefer to remain secret.
What you read is not a traditional spell the way you’ve been brought up to think of spells. The magic lies in the writer’s ability to make his prose implant in his reader’s brain. There it becomes something real. It’s that interaction of the two—writer and reader—that gives the magic its opportunity to rise.
