K.S. Blom

“Magic—be it good or bad—is no simple matter. Most amateurs think that all you have to do is murmur some secret hocus-pocus—at the very most it might be necessary to wave around a magic wand like a conductor-and presto, the metamorphosis or conjuring is achieved.
But that's not all there is to it. In reality, every kind of magic is incredibly complicated; one needs an enormous amount of knowledge, masses of paraphernalia, material that is, for the most part, very hard to obtain, as well as days, and sometimes months, of preparation.
Plus the fact that it is always an extremely dangerous business, for even the slightest mistake can have a totally unforeseeable effect.”
― Michael Ende, The Night of Wishes

“For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand.”
― Stephen King, Bag of Bones

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers