The Book of Magic Quotes

“I don't know why anyone has a living room when they could have a library instead.”
― Megan Lindholm, The Book of Magic

“If the monkey can't reach the fruit, he says it is rotten”
― Kate Elliott, The Book of Magic

“the nights were dark and full of terrors,”
― Gardner Dozois, The Book of Magic

“All my life I’ve tried to avoid pain, with indifferent success.”
― Gardner Dozois, The Book of Magic

“... Magic predates Art. In fact, Art may have been invented as a tool to express Magic, to give Magic a practical means of execution—to make it work. So that if you go back far enough, artist and sorcerer are indistinguishable, on and the same—a claim that can still be made with a good deal of validity to this very day.”
― Gardner Dozois, The Book of Magic

“Archmagi and demons were routine tasks, but Housemind would not tempt the displeasure of a librarian Like black holes, they were a cosmic force better circumvented than challenged.”
― Scott Lynch, The Book of Magic