Quote by Washington Irving
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the sense

He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. – Washington Irving

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Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. – Washington Irving

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Wherever you write is supposed to be a little bit of a refuge, a place where you can get away from the world. The more closed in you are, the more youre forced back on your own imagination. – Stephen King

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Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior. – Georg Brandes

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What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, Oh, what this really is is so-and-so, reducing it to a simple formula. – Doris Lessing

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You never quite know whats going to strike your imagination, or something that wont going to leave you alone, not going to leave alone, and this was one for me. – Peter Shaffer

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