Editing Magic (section)

==Quotes==
{{Quote|Take a lesson, Bran. The man who trusts in spells is dueling with a glass sword. As the [[children of the forest|children]] did.{{Ref|aGoT|66}}|[[Luwin]] to [[Bran Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Perhaps magic was once a mighty force in [[known world|the world]], but no longer. What little remains is no more than the wisp of smoke that lingers in the air after a great fire has burned out, and even that is fading. [[Valyria]] was the last ember, and Valyria is gone.{{Ref|ACOK|2}}|[[Luwin]] to [[Bran Stark]]}}

{{Quote|The [[Horned Lord]] once said that sorcery is a sword without a hilt. There is no safe way to grasp it.{{ref|ASOS|73}}|[[Dalla]] to [[Jon Snow]]}}

{{Quote|The [[dragonlords]] of the [[Freehold of Valyria|old Freehold]] were strong in sorcery, and lesser men defied them at their peril.{{Ref|AFFC|22}}|the [[kindly man]] to [[Arya Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Fantasy needs magic in it, but I try to control the magic very strictly. You can have too much magic in fantasy very easily, and then it overwhelms everything and you lose all sense of realism. And I try to keep the magic magical — something mysterious and dark and dangerous, and something never completely understood. I don’t want to go down the route of having magic schools and classes where, if you say these six words, something will reliably happen. Magic doesn’t work that way. Magic is playing with forces you don’t completely understand. And perhaps with beings or deities you don’t completely understand. It should have a sense of peril about it.<ref>''[[w:Meduza|Meduza]]'': [https://meduza.io/en/feature/2017/08/22/fantasy-needs-magic ‘Fantasy needs magic’ An interview with George R. R. Martin], August 22, 2017</ref>|[[George R. R. Martin]]}}