--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I have never watched anything before and…" description: "\"“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 s..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/frances-hodgson-burnett-988_magic_i-have-never-watched-anything-before-and_2319231.jpg" --- # I have never watched anything before and it made me feel… ![“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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/frances-hodgson-burnett-988_magic_i-have-never-watched-anything-before-and_2319231.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/frances-hodgson-burnett-988_magic_i-have-never-watched-anything-before-and_2319231.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/frances-hodgson-burnett-988_magic_i-have-never-watched-anything-before-and_2319231.jpg) > ““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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-hodgson-burnett/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. 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? 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