Nearly every tale that men tell of magic and witches and such is born out of foolishness and ignorance and sickness of mind-or is a way of explaining things they do not understand. (Susan Cooper)

Nearly every tale that men tell of magic and witches and such is born out of foolishness and ignorance and sickness of mind-or is a way of explaining things they do not understand.

Susan Cooper

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