Mercedes Lackey, The Fairy Godmother Quotes
Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.
Sometimes, it seemed, the business of a Witch or a Godmother was not so much using magic as knowing when not to use it.
...for a country whose people ceased to believe in magic soon lost much of their ability to imagine and dream, and before long, they ceased to believe--or hope-- for anything.