“Nature loves courage. You make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. Dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. This is the trick. This is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. This is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering its a feather bed.” WorldDoneDreamTeacherImpossibleMagicBedUnderstoodCommitmentGoldPhilosopherObstaclesTricksLiftsTouchedDiscoveringAbyssFeathersGrindMind BlowingWaterfallsNature LoveCourage To LoveImpossible DreamHurlingLift You UpBlowing It Author:Terence McKenna
“If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.” IfsWritingHeartCharacterStoriesHumanityFocusMagicWorstHorrorStrongerTricksFlashParlor Author:Don Roff
“I definitely went through my magic phase. I think all little boys do at some point or another - they get fascinated by magic tricks.” ThinkingLittlesBoysMagicTricksFascinatedPhasesLittle BoysMagic Tricks Author:Nicolas Cage
“I know,” said Peter. “Perhaps better than anyone. But you can’t stay a child forever. To choose to speak into Echo’s Well is to choose illusion. To choose to avoid the responsibilities of being an adult. The real trick—the real choice—is to keep the best of the child you were, without forgetting when you grow up. “It is the best of both worlds, Jack. Being a child is to believe in magic everywhere… “…but even Peter Pan had to grow up one day.” KnowsWorldBelieveWellsChildrenSaidRealChoicesSpeakGrowsForgetResponsibilityForeverGrowing UpMagicOne DayIllusionAdultsTricksPeterEchoesBest Of Both Worlds Book:Dawn of the Dragons: Here, There Be Dragons; The Search for the Red Dragon Source: Dawn of the Dragons: Here, There Be Dragons; The Search for the Red Dragon