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1 " No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on “Bright Eyes.”4) Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.5) Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.6) Nadia Comăneci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.7) Tenzin Gyatso was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.8) Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.9) Elvis was a superstar by age 19.10) John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.11) Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.12) Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 2313) Issac Newton wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 2414) Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record15) Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity16) Lance E. Armstrong was 27 when he won the tour de France 17) Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculptures “David” and “Pieta” by age 2818) Alexander the Great, by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world19) J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter20) Amelia Earhart was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean21) Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind22) Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest23) Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech “I Have a Dream." 24) Marie Curie was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics 25) The Wright brothers, Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight26) Vincent Van Gogh was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.27) Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.28) Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote " The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" , and 49 years old when he wrote " Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" 29) Christopher Columbus was 41 when he discovered the Americas30) Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger31) John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he became President of the United States32) Henry Ford Was 45 when the Ford T came out.33) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote " The Hunger Games" 34) Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.35) Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.36) Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became president.37) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.38) Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote " The Cat in the Hat" .40) Chesley " Sully" Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived41) Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise42) J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out43) Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became President of the US44) Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats45) Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became President "
2 " No." Magnus strode toward him. " I didn't call you because I'm tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else-someone, incidentally, who will never love you back. Not the way I do. "
3 " Happy birthday, Alexander," Magnus murmured." Thanks for remembering," Alec whispered back. "
4 " Malachi scowled. " I don't remember the Clave inviting you into the Glass City, Magnus Bane." " They didn't," Magnus said. " Your wards are down." " Really?" the Consul's voice dripped sarcasm. " I hadn't noticed." Magnus looked concerned. " That's terrible. Someone should have told you." He glanced at Luke. " Tell him the wards are down. "
5 " Isabelle drifted over, Jace a pace behind her. She was wearing a long black dress with boots and an even longer cutaway coat of soft green velvet, the color of moss. " I can't believe you did it!" she exclaimed. " How did you get Magnus to let Jace leave?" " Traded him for Alec," Clary said.Isabelle looked mildly alarmed. " Not permanently?" " No," said Jace. " Just for a few hours. Unless I don't come back," he added thoughtfully. " In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec. Think of it as a lease with an option to buy." Isabelle looked dubious. " Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out." " That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired. " No, probably not. "
6 " Magnus, standing by the door, snapped his fingers impatiently. " Move it along, teenagers. The only person who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my magnificent self." " Canoodle?" repeated Clary, never having heard the word before." Magnificent?" repeated Jace, who was just being nasty. Magnus growled. The growl sounded like " Get out. "
7 " But-" Maia, still looking at Alec and Magnus, broke off and rasied her eyebrows. Simon turned to see what she was looking at - and stared.Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to be in a state of shock, stood frozen. Several groups of people - Shadowhunters and Downworlders alike - were staring and whispering. Glancing to the side, Simon saw the Lightwoods, their eyes widen, gaping at the display. Maryse had her hand over her mouth.Maia looked perplexed. " Wait a second," she said. " Do we all have to do that, too? "
8 " I've got the Mark of Cain," said Simon. " That means nothing can kill me, right?" " You can kill yourself," Magnus said, somewhat unhelpfully. " As far as I know, inanimate objects can accidentally kill you. So if you were planning on teaching yourself the lambada on a greased platform over a pit full of knives, I wouldn't." " There goes my Saturday. "
9 " Wear that scarf," he said, pointing to a blue cashmere scarf hanging on a peg. " It matches your eyes." Alec looked at it. Suddenly he was filled with hate - for the scarf, for Magnus, and most of all for himself. " Don't tell me," he said. " The scarf's a hundred years old, and it was given to you by Queen Victoria right before she died, for special services to the Crown or something." Magnus sat up. " What's gotten into you?" Alec stared at him. " Am I the newest thing in this apartment?" " I think that honor goes to Chairman Meow. He's only two." " I said newest, not youngest," Alec snapped. "
10 " So it's true what they say about warlocks, then?" true?" . " You can't be rude to everyone who talks to me." Alec made a wide, sweeping gesture. " And why not? Cramping your style, am I? I mean, maybe you were hoping to flirt with werewolf boy here. He's pretty attractive, if you like the messy-haired, broad-shouldered, chiseled-good-looks type." " Hey, now," said Jordan mildly. Magnus put his head in his hands. into?" " Mermaids," said Magnus into his fingers. " They always smell like seaweed." ," Alec said savagely, and kicking back his chair, he got up from the table and stalked off into the crowd. "
11 " I'm seven hundred years old, Alexander. I know when something isn't going to work. You won't even admit I exist to your parents." Alec stared at him. " I thought you were three hundred! You're seven huundred years old?" " Well," Magnus amended, " eight hundred. But I dont look it. Anyway, you're missing the point. The point is-" But Alec never found out what the point was because at that moment a dozen more Iblis demons flooded into the square. He felt his jaw drop. " Damn it." Magnus followed his gaze. the demons were already fanning out into a half circle around them, their yellow eyes glowing. " Way to change the subject, Lightwood. "
12 " I am a man, and men do not drink pink drinks. Now, be gone, woman, and fetch me something brown." Jace said. " Brown?" said Isabelle." Yes. Brown. It's a manly color. See? Alec is wearing it." Jace said." Well, it was black but it faded." Alec said." Well, I can always fix it up with something sparkly," Magnus said, holding a sparkley headband. " Resist the urge, Alec, resist the urge." Simon said. "
13 " Alec?" Magnus was staring at him. He had dispatched the remaining Iblis demons, and the square was empty but for the two of them. " Did you just- did you just save my life?" Alec knew he ought to say something like, Of course, because I'm a Shadowhunter and that's what we do, or That's my job. Jace would have said something like that. Jace always knew the right thing to say. But the words that actually came out of Alec's mouth where quite different- and sounded petulant, even to his own ears. " You never called me back," he said. " I called you so many times and you never called me back." Magnus looked at Alec as if he'd lost his mind. " Your city is under attack," he said. " The wards have broken, and the streets are full of demons. And you want to know why I haven't called you? "
14 " Magnus remembered a town in Peru whose Quechua name meant “quiet place.” He recalled even more vividly being obscenely drunk and unhappy over his heartbreak of that time, and the maudlin thoughts that had recurred to him over the years, like an unwanted guest slipping in through his doors: that there was no peace for such as he, no quiet place, and there never would be.Except he found himself remembering lying in bed with Alec—all of their clothes on, lounging on the bed on a lazy afternoon, Alec laughing, head thrown back, the marks Magnus had left on his throat very plain to see. "
15 " Holy fu-" he starts then catches himself." Yes,this tithe will be most pleasing to her Goodness." Me and Magnus exchange amused glances. "
16 " But I want you to know," Cleo continued, " that there is hope. And that I am living proof of that hope. Because, even though I was forced into this marriage against my will, I have come to know Prince Magnus Lukas Damora very well these last months. And one thing I've learned is that Prince Magnus is nothing like his father. Prince Magnus is brave and compassionate, and he truly wants what's just and best for this kingdom. Kindness is what makes a good king who will put the needs and rights of his people before his own desires. "
17 " Magnus deeply disliked people who were early to business meetings. It was just as bad as being late, since it put everyone out, and even worse, people who were early always acted terribly superior about their bad timekeeping skills. They acted as though it were morally more righteous to get up early than to stay up late, even if you got the same amount of work done in the exact same amount of time. Magnus found it to be one of the great injustices of life. "
― Cassandra Clare , What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (The Bane Chronicles, #8)
18 " If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl' I'm going to kill you "
― Cassandra Clare , City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
19 " That's your truck parked up by the factory isn't it?" Magnus pointed. " It's awfully butch for a bookseller. "
20 " The school systems, it seems to me have a attitude of discouragement of asking fundamental questions, if a 5 or 6 year old asks why the moon is round or why the grass is green? The usual adult answer, at least in my experience is to discourage the child.what color did you expect the moon to be? square? what color you expect the grass to be?blue?Instead of saying that those are interesting questions and lets try to find the answers or maybe nobody knows the answers and when you grow up you would be able to discover the answers.It would be very healthy for human species if we could have less discouragement and more scientists.– Carl Sagan(In an interview with Magnus Magnusson, 1988) "
― Carl Sagan