“The place cast a spell on me, a lovely spell that seduced me one one breath at a time.” — Brenda Sutton Rose Copy Share Image
“I don’t get it. I keep praying. I keep asking for help. And yet, no answer.” — Arabella Sveinsdottir Copy Share Image
“Most girls celebrate their birthdays with friends. I spent mine with a pack of wolves.” — Ruth Emmie Lang Copy Share Image
“The world is entirely magical, the only illusion is that it isn't...” — Lydia Andal Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, it's about the best interests of the children. — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
“A lovely rainbow arcs across the sky, and beneath it, a butterfly dances — carrying magic on painted wings, fairy-like, drifting on… — Bhuwan Thapaliya Copy Share Image
I gravitate much more toward realism, realism in the work that I do, but magical realism got me hooked on film. I… — Rachel Morrison Copy Share Image
“We’ll start on the ruins when you come back.” “Looks like a big job.” “Those are the most important.” — Valerie Dunsmore Copy Share Image
Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can't speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in… — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, it's about the reader's attachment to and belief in the magical elements that make or break… — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
“I just wanted one more day." More tears welled up in her eyes. "But it would never be enough. I could keep… — Cindi Madsen Copy Share Image
“I pass a still-warm honey bourbon bread pudding over the head of the chatty old woman to the man behind her, for… — Ellen Pauley Goff Copy Share Image
“Her beauty was ethereal, knocking on the door of the part of his psyche that still believed in magic and miracles.” — D.A. Henneman Copy Share Image
I think that it's important to try to keep reality. I think that Gabriel Garcia Marquez speaks a lot about reality in… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
“This is the magical realism of NAFTA - Mexico, the birthplace of corn, is now importing surplus corn from el Norte -… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
“I wanted to kiss you for a long time, and I decided that might be my only chance. I’ve been miserable ever… — Cindi Madsen Copy Share Image
Obviously all religions get corrupted by man. The initial ideas are interesting but once they get organized they seem to become about… — Matt Dillon Copy Share Image
“SWAT? For me?" Still trembling, one hand clung to the ambulance gurney, the other held a massive sterilised cotton wool wad under… — Morana Blue Copy Share Image
“She sent me a sunny smile, and what a smile, George; it was a smile that could have melted the whole world,… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“When you write it, don't write it in the manner of a spooky story. Don't try to give an explanation. Just say… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“The rich died, too, disappointing all those who thought that somehow they didn't. Peter Lakes had no illusions about mortality. He knew… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“The young doctor was disappointed: he had never had th eopportunity to study the effects of gold cyanide on a cadaver. Dr.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People from the mainland, particularly those from the capital, have always wanted to get married on Finø. Perhaps it has to do… — Peter Høeg Copy Share Image
“Half asleep, he wondered whether that might not have been his happiest day ever, the last, perfect day swelling with the immensity… — Olga Grushin Copy Share Image
“Relationships are used by the darkness to keep people revolving around the ego’s demands. For a moment, people see the light of… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
“Apparently, we're all in the frame," I heard Harry murmur somewhere behind me. And I whirled back to him. Innate, irrational anger… — Morana Blue Copy Share Image
I think being raised within a Mexican Catholic family made magical realism a very natural part of who I am as a… — Daniel Olivas Copy Share Image
“Literature is the extant body of written art. All novels belong to it. The value judgement concealed in distinguishing one novel as… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Everyone knows how to cook parasols—you soak them in milk, then dip them in egg and breadcrumbs and fry them until they're… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“But the days are still ours, and we still have many fine moments ahead of us.” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“To be free means always leaving...or returning to a place where leaves never fall.” — Rich Shapero Copy Share Image
