Sweet gods of darkness, what have I been reduced to? A…

When I was five years old, my parents gave me a magic chest. I learned to cast spells, although of a childish kind, before…

— Wolfgang Hildesheimer

“In their castle beyond night Gather the Gods in Darkness, With darkness to pattern man's fate. The colors of darkness are no monotonous hue…

— Karl Edward Wagner

“On the count of three, we will cast our first spells. Neither of us will be aiming to kill, of course.” “I wouldn’t bet…

— J.K. Rowling

“There were people in the world for whom the world and its people were subjects on which to cast spells.”

— Dave Eggers

“Every human is a magician, and in the interaction between the magicians, there are spells being cast everywhere. How? By misusing the word, by…

— Miguel Ruiz

Alcoholism, the opium habit and tobaccoism are a trio of poison habits which have been weighty handicaps to human progress during the last three…

— John Harvey Kellogg

I'm wondering if there's a spell to make lightning flash in the background whenever I make an ominous resolution.

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

Notes for a ballet, The Spell: ... Suddenly Sigmund hears the flutter of wings, and a group of wild swans flies across the moon…

— Woody Allen

How do you spell peace? P-R-A-Y-E-R! Anything you believe you need is available to you through prayer. We are not talking here about a…

— Iyanla Vanzant

Have you ever noticed that life consists mostly of interruptions, with occasional spells of rush work in between?

— Buwei Yang Chao

I write like a two-year-old, and I can't spell.

— Harry Redknapp

Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again.

— Benjamin Walker

I break an emcee off proper Yo don't check me, Ask your Moms and Pops, Yo they respect me, But here you stand, tryin'…

— KRS-One

“They were spells, spelled with words to make worlds, waiting for me, in the pages of books.”

— Neil Gaiman

I find very reasonable the Celtic belief that the souls of our dearly departed are trapped in some inferior being, in an animal, aplant,…

— Marcel Proust