“Ella, if it’s magic, then nothing is supposed to happen.”— Brad Barkley Related Quotes “We’ve strayed into a zone with a high magical index,’ he said. ‘Don’t ask me how. Once upon a time a really powerful magic field must have been generated here, and we’re feeling the after-effects.’Precisely,’ said a passing bush.”— Terry Pratchett “Gina always believed there was magic in the world. “But it doesn’t work in the way it does in fairy tales,” she told me. “It doesn’t save us. We have to save ourselves.”— Charles de Lint “Something that sounded like ripping metal shredded the deadly quiet. The inaudible bass smoothed into a low, steady hum. Outside, a low, mechanical growl rumbled closer and closer. Darius caught his breath. He knew that sound, and it wasn’t magic.It was a motorcycle.”— Laura Oliva