“A magician does not send messages, you know—he orchestrates reality.”
Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 7, “Who Is the Black Beast?” (p. 119)
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“I do believe in shooting the messenger.
You know why? Because it sends a message.”
Source: The Awakening / The Struggle
“"He sends a Tex-message…*" (Mark Teixeira)”
Specific home run calls
Variant: "You're on the mark, Teixeira!*" (Mark Teixeira)
Sir Keir Starmer: MPs 'casual' about no-deal Brexit for NI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49797636 BBC News (23 September 2019)
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“If it's possible to send a message from heaven, I'll get one to you.”
Source: Don't Die, My Love
"Valentine's Day, that great state holiday" in The Boston Globe (14 February 2004) http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/02/14/valentines_day_that_great_state_holiday
Source: New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
Source: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.”
Introduction
The Disappearance of Childhood (1982)
Context: Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see. From a biological point of view it is inconceivable that any culture will forget that it needs to reproduce itself. But it is quite possible for a culture to exist without a social idea of children. Unlike infancy, childhood is a social artifact, not a biological category.
