--- title: "1 Real Magic Quotes By Joanne Harris" description: "1 Real Magic quotes by Joanne Harris. Plus more from Joanne Harris and more Real Magic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/joanne-harris-1428_dreams_the-real-magic-the-magic-we-d-lived-with_594299.jpg" --- > [“The real magic - the magic we'd lived with all our lives, my mother's magic of charms and cantrips, of salt by the door and a red silk sachet to placate the little gods - had turned sour on us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/the-real-magic-the-magic-we-d-lived-with-all-our-lives-my-mother-s/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/joanne-harris-1428_dreams_the-real-magic-the-magic-we-d-lived-with_594299.jpg) ## More by Joanne Harris > [Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/everything-comes-home-my-mother-used-to-say-every-word-spoken-every/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [“For a moment something almost as rare as the sight that they had just witnessed occurred: Loki was totally lost for words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/for-a-moment-something-almost-as-rare-as-the-sight-that-they-had-just/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [“There's no such thing as a trivial thing. Everything costs; it all adds up until finally the balance shifts and we're gone again, back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/there-s-no-such-thing-as-a-trivial-thing-everything-costs-it-all-adds/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [“Work. Like pain, I sensed that this was an experience I would want to avoid as often as possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/work-like-pain-i-sensed-that-this-was-an-experience-i-would-want-to/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [And so Nat stood up and joined the group, and followed, and watched, and awaited his chance as the light of Chaos lit the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/and-so-nat-stood-up-and-joined-the-group-and-followed-and-watched-and/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [I could do with a bit more excess. From now on I'm going to be immoderate--and volatile--I shall enjoy loud music and lurid poetry.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/i-could-do-with-a-bit-more-excess-from-now-on-i-m-going-to-be/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [“Better a king in the gutter,' he said, 'than a slave in an emperor's place”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/better-a-king-in-the-gutter-he-said-than-a-slave-in-an-emperor-s-place/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [I was convinced I'd hate Twitter - but I've come to like it very much. I use it mostly to keep in touch with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/i-was-convinced-i-d-hate-twitter-but-i-ve-come-to-like-it-very-much-i/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [“Sometimes walking away is best. I should know. It's my specialty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/sometimes-walking-away-is-best-i-should-know-it-s-my-specialty/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/i-let-it-go-it-s-like-swimming-against-the-current-it-exhausts-you/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [“Knowledge is currency here…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/knowledge-is-currency-here/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [I carried recipes in my head like maps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/i-carried-recipes-in-my-head-like-maps/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes more real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/one-of-the-things-that-writing-has-taught-me-is-that-fiction-has-a/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [“«Cominci a scappare e sarai in fuga per sempre»”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/cominci-a-scappare-e-sarai-in-fuga-per-sempre/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) > [“No one looks at us. We might as well be invisible; or clothing marks us as strangers, transients. They are polite, so polite; no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanne-harris/no-one-looks-at-us-we-might-as-well-be-invisible-or-clothing-marks-us/) [Joanne Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanne-harris/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/real-magic/joanne-harris/#itemlist", "name": "1 Real Magic Quotes By Joanne Harris", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The real magic - the magic we'd lived with all our lives, my mother's magic of charms and cantrips, of salt by the door and a red silk sachet to placate the little gods - had turned sour on us that summer, somehow, like a spider that turns from good luck to bad at the stroke of midnight, spinning its web to catch our dreams. 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