# Quote — Matt Hughes, Majestrum

> “Who was it who said that irony is the fundamental operating principle of the universe?”
>
> “I believe,” I said, “that it was Henghis Hapthorn.”

- Author: [Matt Hughes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes.md)
- Book: [Majestrum](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/majestrum.md)
- Page: 143
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_Hughes_(writer)#Majestrum_(2006)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/majestrum/who-was-it-who

## More from this book

> “Then how is it done?”
>
> “By magic, I suppose. How else?”
>
> “That is a foolish and flippant answer,” he said. “‘Oh, it’s magic,’ is not a handy solution to every mystery. I am not the child.”

p. 181 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/majestrum/then-how-is-it-done.md)

> When the Wheel turns, much that is impossible in the old phase becomes commonplace in the new.

p. 172 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/majestrum/when-the-wheel.md)

> “Could Rievor be hiding himself behind some magical cloak?” I asked my other self.
>
> “No,” he said. “I believe he is exercising that most potent form of invisibility: the one called, ‘not being present at all.’”

p. 188 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/majestrum/could-rievor-be-hiding.md)