N 09 -- Biruté M.F. Galdikas, Reflections of Eden (1995) -- Mary N. Waters, Private Rooms (2000) "[T]he Hindu dramatic idea of the cosmos as an endless hide-and seek game: now you see it, now you don't . . ." -- Alan Watts, Philosophies of Asia (1995) • Illusion -- Solly Angel, The Tale of the Scale (200 ) "Some will view this paradox as a 'smoke and mirrors' illusion -- now you see it, now you don't. But this is the essence of paradox: it is and it is not; it is neither this nor that." -- Ernie Bringas, Created Equal (200 ) "Christo and Jean Claude would probably wish the workings of constructing and dismantling the veil could be concealed like a magician's il lusion. Now you see it, now you don't." -- C.J. Lim, Realms of Impossibility (2002) • Incantation "[H]e would kiss every five-pound note that went through his hands with the incantation, 'Now you see me, now you don't." -- Michael King, Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame (2000) • Instantly -- Amber K., Heart of Tarot (200 ) • Magic, magical transformation -- Gail Herman, The Icicle Forest (2000) -- Jean M. Stehman, Handbook of Dementia Care (1996) "Magic. Now you see it, now you don't. Now it's broken, now it's fixed. Now it's shells, now it's an egg. Bingo." -- John R. Erickson, Hank the Cowdog 24 (1995) • Magic words -- R.E. Oliver, What is Transparency? (2004) "'Now you see it, now you don't.' 'Huh?' 'It's what magicians say.' 'Oh, yeah. I do magic, too!'" -- Rod Downey, The Moralist (2004) "This description seems almost like a magician's words -- now you see it, now you don't. Quantum energy is now a wave, now a particle, and we don't know where it is or when it is." -- Cletus Wessels, The Holy Web (2000) "Like a magician (now you see it, now you don't) the doctor restored Hector's allowance." -- Jacques Barzun, Berlioz and His Century: An Introduction to the Age of Romanticism (1956) • Magician "[F]ormer resident magician Max Kinsella, Mr. Now-you-see-him, Now- you-don't, was possibly involved in a murder, or three." -- Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Neon Nightmare (200 ) "The belief about the use of sleeves originated back in the early days of theatrical performances when prestidigitators customarily wore huge robes with large sleeves. In those days the now-you-see-it-now-you-don't artists could conceal several rabbits and a bowl of goldfish up around their elbows." -- Vincent H. Gaddis, "The Art of Honest Deception," Strange Magazine (2005)