All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Magic is an art form where you lie and tell people you are lying.
In books lies the soul of the whole past time.
I find revealing the secrets of magic quite reprehensible.
As a writer of fiction, lying is the central thing to all books.
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.
I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works.
The real secret of magic lies in the performance.
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction - there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome.
The sad thing is that, for many writers of fantasy fiction, the inclusion of magic seems to mean that logical ramifications and real-world laws both go out the window.
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