- Anthony Blake: [performing an illusion] For in and out, above, about, below, 'tis nothing but a magic shadow show, played in a box, whose candle is the sun, round which we phantom figures come and go.
- Anthony Blake: I think it's like other things in life. Knowing how everything is done doesn't necessarily take its magic away. Does it?
- Max Pomeroy: I've always marveled at the way danger creates an appetite. Death defied fills the belly. Eating becomes an affirmation of existence.