" A breeze, vanilla-scented, nutmeg milk, dark roast of cocoa beans over a slow fire.
It isn't magic. Really it isn't. It's just a trick, a game I play. There's no such thing as real magic- and yet it works. Sometimes, it works.
Can you hear me? I said. Not in my voice, but a shadow-voice, very light, like dappled leaves.
She felt it then. I know she did. Turning, she stiffened; I made the door shine a little, ever so slightly, the color of the sky. Played with it, pretty, like a mirror in the sun, shining it on and off her face.
Scent of woodsmoke in a cup; a dash of cream, sprinkle of sugar. Bitter orange, your favorite, 70 percent darkest chocolate over thick-cut oranges from Seville. Try me. Taste me. Test me. "

― Joanne Harris , The Girl with No Shadow (Chocolat, #2)