Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
A brief, magical vision appears in the sky like a spirit.
In plain terms
A fairy-like shape floats in the air.
What can you take from it?
Sometimes magic appears briefly in plain sight.

Where it applies

  • daydreaming
  • nature walks
  • creative moments

Putting it to work

  • writing scenes
  • noticing beauty
  • imagining

Questions to consider

  • What counts as a magical sign?
  • How do we trust fleeting visions?

Another view

It relies entirely on subjective interpretation of visual phenomena.

More from Mervyn Peake

  1. Each day I live in a glass room Unless I break it with the thrusting Of my senses and pass through The splintered walls to the great landscape.

    Permalink to quote #5
  2. O'er seas that have no beaches To end their waves upon, I floated with twelve peaches, A sofa and a swan.

    Permalink to quote #7
  3. There is a kind of laughter that sickens the soul. Laughter when it is out of control: when it screams and stamps its feet, and sets the bells jangling in the …

    Permalink to quote #4

Related quotes

  1. As we cast our gaze on the tumbling sea A vision came o'er me Of thundering hooves and beating wings In clouds above.

    Loreena McKennittLoreena McKennitt quote #9
  2. J'ai vu des archipels sideraux! et des iles Dont les cieux delirants sont ouverts au vogueur: Est-ce en ces nuits sans fond que tu dors et t'exiles, Million d'…

    Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud quote #14
  3. Peter flung out his arms. There were no children there, and it was night time; but he addressed all who might be dreaming of the Neverland, and who were theref…

    J. M. BarrieJ. M. Barrie quote #29