i spent the entire night casting spells to bring you back

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

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

— Neil Gaiman

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

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

— Benjamin Walker

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

— Harry Redknapp

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

— Buwei Yang Chao

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

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

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

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

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

Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with…

— Stephanie Coontz

“He stared up at the moon, which looked like a giant hole in the sky, letting light through to the other side.”

— Sarah Addison Allen

“This is the simplest of spells, and foundation to all others. Magic seeks to better understand, and eventually to build on, the connection between…

— Ruthanna Emrys

“If there are spells, they have a right to weave.”

— Catherynne M. Valente

“Words have power, my son. Words can cut to the heart and soothe the deepest hurts. They can be puzzles that leave another pondering…

— Cheryl Matthynssens