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There is no magic when one no longer believes.

— Hilda Lewis The Ship that Flew (1939)

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Earth and fire and water and air
We solemnly promise, we solemnly swear
Not a word, not a hint, not a sound to declare
Earth and fire and water and air!

The Ship that Flew (1939)

I think hawking is the nearest thing to flying in this world.

The Gentle Falcon (1957)

Magic doesn't happen often — not once in a blue moon … I expect there isn't another magic ship like this one in the whole world.

The Ship that Flew (1939)

Magic. Magic had happened to him. He knew it would one day. He had always believed in magic, even whe the others had laughed at him, laughed because he was the eldest and ought to know better.

The Ship that Flew (1939)

Nobody seemed to know where the King was.

The Gentle Falcon (1957)

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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