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Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can't weave together a spell that you don't beleive in.

Magic comes from what is inside you. It is a part of you. You can't weave together a spell that you don't beleive in.

Jim Butcher

Magic, Together, Spells

Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.438, Penguin

There's more magic in a baby's first giggle than in any firestorm a wizard can conjure up, and don't let anyone tell you any different.

Jim Butcher

Baby, Magic, Different

Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 1-6”, p.438, Penguin

I felt my face stretch in a victorious smile. The potion had worked. I was inside. I had to suppress an urge to break into a soft shoe routine. Sometimes being able to use magic was so cool.

Jim Butcher

Shoes, Magic, Routine

Jim Butcher (2001). “Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files”, p.111, Penguin

I put the ick in magic.

Jim Butcher

Magic

Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.15, Penguin

Magic is a kind of energy. It is given shape by human thoughts and emotions, by imagination. Thoughts define that shape—and words help to define those thoughts. That’s why wizards usually use words to help them with their spells. Words provide a sort of insulation as the energy of magic burns through a spell caster’s mind.

Jim Butcher

Imagination, Magic, Mind

Jim Butcher (2001). “Fool Moon: Book two of The Dresden Files”, p.94, Penguin

Love is another kind of power, which shouldn't surprise you. Magic comes from emotions, among other things.

Jim Butcher

Healing, Love Is, Magic

Jim Butcher (2004). “Blood Rites: Book six of The Dresden Files”, p.136, Penguin

Magic. It can get a guy killed.

Jim Butcher

Guy, Magic, Harry Dresden

Jim Butcher (2011). “Ghost Story: The Dresden Files, Book Thirteen”, Hachette UK

I’ve often wished that I had some suave and socially acceptable hobby that I could fall back on in times like this. You know, play the violin (or was it the viola) like Sherlock Holmes, or maybe twiddle away on the pipe organ like the Disney version of Captain Nemo. But I don’t. I’m sort of the arcane equivalent of a classic computer geek. I do magic, in one form or another, and that’s pretty much it. I really need to get a life, one of these days

Jim Butcher

Fall, Play, Magic

Jim Butcher (2000). “Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files”, p.87, Penguin Group