A magician’s business is with words. He may use other thing… - Lisa Goldstein

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A magician’s business is with words. He may use other things to help him along—amulets and so forth—but it is within words that the power lies. To choose the wrong words may mean death. And so magicians learn, from the first, to use as few words as possible, to answer as few questions as we can.

Lisa Goldstein

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Lisa Goldstein (born November 21, 1953) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer.

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Alternative Names: Elizabeth Joy Goldstein • Isabel Glass

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