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Look what thy soul holds dear, imagine it To lie that way thou goest, not whence thou com'st. Suppose the singing birds musicians, The grass whereon thou tread'st the presence strewed, The flowers fair ladies, and thy steps no more Than a delight measure or a dance; For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it and sets it light.

This is a gift that I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit, full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas, apprehensions, motions, revolutions. These are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion. But the gift is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankful for it.

This is the very coinage of your brain. This bodiless creation ecstasy Is very cunning in.

In my mind's eye, Horatio.

The best in this kind are but shadows; and the worst are no worse, if imagination amend them.

He waxes desperate with imagination.

And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Such tricks has strong imagination That if he would but apprehend some joy, It comprehends some bringer of that joy; Or in the night imagining some fear, How easy is a bush supposed a bear?

Imagination is that faculty which arouses the passions by the impression of exterior objects; it is influenced by these objects, and consequently it is in affinity with them; it is contagious; its fear or courage flies from imagination to imagination; the same in love, hate, joy, or grief; hence I conclude it to be a most subtle atmosphere.

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizard world.

The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him.

The world of reality has its limits, the world of imagination is boundless.