MAGIC WORDS I Love You (see love) To find that excelsior feeling, that effervescent feeling, that legendary feeling that is magic . . . that is what love does. -- Judy Zebra Knight & Ramtha, That Elixir Called Love (200 ) Mystique: "There aren't any magical words, really. The words just hold the magic. They give it shape and form, they make it useful, describe the images within. I'll say this, though: Some words have a power that has nothing to do with supernatural forces. They resound in the heart and mind, they live long after the sounds of them have died away, they echo in the heart and the soul. They have power, and that power is very real. ["I love you."] Those three words are good ones." In Literature: • "There are six magic words. The first three are, 'I love you.' And the second three are, 'God bless you.' They can cause miracles to happen." -- John-Roger, The Way Out Book (1980) • "Without question, those three magic words 'I love you,' are the most sought-after message of all." -- Sandra Merrill Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families (1997) • "This magic word, this spell which opens all gates, doors and passages of the world sounds [like] 'I love you,' and your golden elixir is 'Love.'" -- Bozena T. Klejne, The Rainbow Butterfly (200 ) • "You don't remember the magic words, 'I love you'? And that if you say the magic words, then everything after that will be okay?" -- Alan Hollingsworth, Flatbellies (2001) Illusion In Literature: • "I absently rubbed my lucky money clip between the fingers on my free hand as lightning cracked, a flock of white doves exploded into the night sky over the gothic church cathedral next door and somewhere Doug Henning spoke the magic words 'ill-LOO-jun.'" -- Daniel S. Fettinger, "The Magical Money Clip: A Love Story" (2005) • "Tristan . . . rode with a sword graven with magical words of Truth and Illusion, cleaving one from the other, and wielded that weapon against the Shadow of shadows." -- C.J. Cherryh, Fortress of Eagles (1998) 5 Jim Butcher, Grave Peril (2001)