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title: "10 Books Magic Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Books Magic quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Books Magic sayings and thoughts."
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> [Books are magic: you never know where they're going to end up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-savage/books-are-magic-you-never-know-where-they-re-going-to-end-up/)

[Dan Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-savage/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/dan-savage-2880_book_books-are-magic-you-never-know-where-the_438479.jpg)

> [“Books...the magic carpet ride of a lifetime”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janice-m-lauderdale/books-the-magic-carpet-ride-of-a-lifetime/)

[Janice M. Lauderdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janice-m-lauderdale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/589/janice-m-lauderdale-246145_books_books-the-magic-carpet-ride-of-a-lifetim_1028687.jpg)

> [“It’s hard to believe there are people that don’t read books. There’s so much magic in words and well told stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-toni-graham/it-s-hard-to-believe-there-are-people-that-don-t-read-books-there-s/)

[C. Toni Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-toni-graham/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/c-toni-graham-27293_attitude_it-s-hard-to-believe-there-are-people-th_3111756.jpg)

> [I am drawn to writing books about magic and the supernatural because those are the types of books I like to read.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/i-am-drawn-to-writing-books-about-magic-and-the-supernatural-because/)

[Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/cassandra-clare-9_book_i-am-drawn-to-writing-books-about-magic_1728264.jpg)

> [I had loved magic tricks from the time I was six or seven. I bought books on magic. I did magic acts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-had-loved-magic-tricks-from-the-time-i-was-six-or-seven-i-bought/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07c/steve-martin-593_book_i-had-loved-magic-tricks-from-the-time-i_1904329.jpg)

> [We have everything we need to be happy but we aren't happy. Something is missing... It is not books you need, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/we-have-everything-we-need-to-be-happy-but-we-aren-t-happy-something-2/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/ray-bradbury-75_book_we-have-everything-we-need-to-be-happy-b_579529.jpg)

> [“I can hazily remember, long ago, having adults — librarians, friends’ parents — suggest to me that I liked books “with magic”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-miller/i-can-hazily-remember-long-ago-having-adults-librarians-friends/)

[Laura Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-miller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/laura-miller-10358_books_i-can-hazily-remember-long-ago-having-ad_309405.png)

> [We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-burton/we-didn-t-have-a-whole-lot-of-money-when-i-was-growing-up-either-i/)

[Lance Burton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-burton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/lance-burton-30385_birthday_we-didn-t-have-a-whole-lot-of-money-when_2545564.jpg)

> [“Some people said there was a secret society trained precisely for that purpose, toiling away generation after generation, poring over the book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/traci-chee/some-people-said-there-was-a-secret-society-trained-precisely-for/)

[Traci Chee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/traci-chee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b45/traci-chee-48661_book_some-people-said-there-was-a-secret-soci_1335045.jpg)

> [“Child, all books are magic. Just think,' he said, 'about what books make people do. People go to war on the basis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scarlett-thomas/child-all-books-are-magic-just-think-he-said-about-what-books-make/)

[Scarlett Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scarlett-thomas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/scarlett-thomas-8232_book_child-all-books-are-magic-just-think-he_37599.jpg)

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