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There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.


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Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.

Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.



It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.



It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are

It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are



You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.

You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.



Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.

Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.



Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness so you can get a good look at it.

Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness so you can get a good look at it.



I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.



Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.



There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.

There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.



Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things.

Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things.





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Most people — however much they might deny it — had an idea of what they were getting into when they got into it.




It must be instilled in man that ‘peace’ is the best legacy we would leave behind for the generations to come, as we practice and follow the edicts of human rights.

It must be instilled in man that ‘peace’ is the best legacy we would leave behind for the generations to come, as we practice and follow the edicts of human rights.



The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.



I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you took the same picture over and over and it would be different, every single frame.

I am impressed with what happens when someone stays in the same place and you took the same picture over and over and it would be different, every single frame.



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Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small.



Can't you see... that I made it? Yeah I made it First I made you who you are, but then I made it.

Can't you see... that I made it? Yeah I made it First I made you who you are, but then I made it.



Certainly, friends are sufficiently rare not to be neglected; they are life's best comforters.

Certainly, friends are sufficiently rare not to be neglected; they are life's best comforters.



We have been lied to and terrorized by our own government, and it is time to take action.

We have been lied to and terrorized by our own government, and it is time to take action.



The only perfect circle on the human body is the eye. When a baby is born it's so perfect, but when it opens its eyes it's just blinded by the corruption and everything else is a downward spiral.

The only perfect circle on the human body is the eye. When a baby is born it's so perfect, but when it opens its eyes it's just blinded by the corruption and everything else is a downward spiral.




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