"It is entirely conceivable that life’s splendour forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come. This is the essence of magic, which does not create but summons."
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Franz Kafka, journal entry (18 October 1921), published in The Diaries of Franz Kafka 1910-1923 (1948), edited by Max Brod
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