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title: "2 Charmed Quotes By Marina Warner"
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> [For example, John Law's Mississippi Company venture printed shares, and the money had gone up in smoke when it had been inscribed objects. The inscription made it magic and changed its meaning. That's how objects become charmed in The Arabian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/for-example-john-law-s-mississippi-company-venture-printed-shares-and/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

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> [If you want a good handbag and glasses, it's hard to get something without the brand name on it because it's so important to have the charmed inscription. The only way you do it... This handbag was the only one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/if-you-want-a-good-handbag-and-glasses-it-s-hard-to-get-something/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

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## More by Marina Warner

> [“Ectoplasm is shapeless, it is “informe,” a kind of primordial paste—and to show itself as this, it annexes semiotic markers that designate intermediate spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/ectoplasm-is-shapeless-it-is-informe-a-kind-of-primordial-paste-and/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [I am not a great believer in dialectical struggle. I am much more of a fusion person. I see it as a dialogue, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/i-am-not-a-great-believer-in-dialectical-struggle-i-am-much-more-of-a/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [I was brought up a Catholic and I was quite fervent, because I was sent to a convent school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/i-was-brought-up-a-catholic-and-i-was-quite-fervent-because-i-was/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [The female form provides the solution in which the essence itself is held; she is passio, and acted upon, the male is actio, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/the-female-form-provides-the-solution-in-which-the-essence-itself-is/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [Love can make you turn on yourself, and it can do harmful things to you. It's a deep lesson in human psychology, as with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/love-can-make-you-turn-on-yourself-and-it-can-do-harmful-things-to/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [There is a theory, that I rather subscribe to. The frame story implies that if he doesn't change, she will kill him. It's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/there-is-a-theory-that-i-rather-subscribe-to-the-frame-story-implies/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [Creating simplicity often makes the heart leap; order has been restored, the crooked made straight. But order is understanding that things cannot be made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/creating-simplicity-often-makes-the-heart-leap-order-has-been/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [I avoid looking in the mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/i-avoid-looking-in-the-mirror/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [The other thing about the Nights is that it is quite racist. One parentheses is that I think this is one of the negative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/the-other-thing-about-the-nights-is-that-it-is-quite-racist-one/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [The tales are quite hard to remember and I found that going back to it between bouts of writing fiction, I was having to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/the-tales-are-quite-hard-to-remember-and-i-found-that-going-back-to/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [One of the metaphors of the book is the carpet. Not just the flying carpet, but the carpet as a woven surface in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/one-of-the-metaphors-of-the-book-is-the-carpet-not-just-the-flying/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [The more one knows fairy tales the less fantastical they appear; they can be vehicles of the grimmest realism, expressing hope against all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/the-more-one-knows-fairy-tales-the-less-fantastical-they-appear-they/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [If you want to learn about a culture, you look at what buildings the people lived in but you also want to know about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/if-you-want-to-learn-about-a-culture-you-look-at-what-buildings-the/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [I love titles and organizing chains of ideas. I like that very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/i-love-titles-and-organizing-chains-of-ideas-i-like-that-very-much/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

> [For example, John Law's Mississippi Company venture printed shares, and the money had gone up in smoke when it had been inscribed objects. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/for-example-john-law-s-mississippi-company-venture-printed-shares-and/)

[Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/)

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