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Magic Quote by Frances Hodgson Burnett

“I have never watched anything before and it made me feel very curious. Scientific people are always curious, and I am going to be scientific. I keep saying to myself, ‘What is it? What is it?’ It’s something. it can’t be nothing! I don’t know its name so I call it Magic. I have never seen the sun…” quote by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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““I have never watched anything before and it made me feel very curious. Scientific people are always curious, and I am going to be scientific. I keep saying to myself, ‘What is it? What is it?’ It’s something. it can’t be nothing! I don’t know its name so I call it Magic. I have never seen the sun rise but Mary and Dickon have and from what they tell me i’m sure that is magic too. Something pushes it up and draws it. Sometimes since I’ve been in the garden, I’ve looked up through the trees at the sky and I have a strange feeling of being happy as if something were pushing and drawing in my chest and making me breathe fast. Magic is always pushing and drawing and making things out of nothing. Everything is made out of Magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around us… I don’t know how to do it but I think that if you keep thinking about it and calling it, perhaps it will come.””

Frances Hodgson Burnett

About This Quote

Source Novel: The Secret Garden, 1911

The narrator sees the world as magical, believing that curiosity and imagination create reality.

In simple terms: Magic is the force behind wonder and creation.

Key Takeaway

Nurture curiosity to uncover hidden magic.

Themes

wonder curiosity imagination nature creation

Mood

hopeful dreamy

Type

literary inspirational

When to use this quote

  • reading
  • walking in nature
  • creative writing
  • mindfulness practice

Key Concepts

magical realism psychology of awe creative thinking spirituality

Questions to Reflect On

  • How does curiosity shape your perception of the world?
  • Can imagination solve real problems?
A Different Perspective

Believing in magic may ignore practical constraints and evidence.

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