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1 " Magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses. Humans have cut themselves off from their senses. Now they see only a tiny portion of the visible spectrum, hear only the loudest of sounds, their sense of smell is shockingly poor and they can only distinguish the sweetest and sourest of tastes. "
― Michael Scott , The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)
2 " You must learn to heed your senses. Humans use but a tiny percentage of theirs. They barely look, they rarely listen, they never smell, and they think that they can only experience feelings through their skin. But they talk, oh, do they talk. "
3 " OK," Josh said evenly, "I've seen men made of mud, I guess I can accept spying rats. Do they talk?" he wondered aloud.Don't be ridiculous," Flamel snapped, "They're rats."Josh really didn't think it was a ridiculous suggestion. "
4 " Hacía tiempo que Sophie había llegado a la conclusión de que a los adultos se les daba realmente mal inventar excusas creíbles "
5 " At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth. "
6 " Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward. "
7 " Great change always comes down to the actions of a single person. "
8 " But what science cannot understand, it dismisses. "
9 " Love is the water of life, drink deeply. "
10 " To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power. "
11 " Once you have been touched by magic, you are forever changed. You leave a trail. "
12 " Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days. "
13 " We had little or no emotion. We lacked the capacity to feel fear, to experience love, to enjoy the sensations of happiness and delight.The finest warriors are not only those who do not fear, but those who are without anger. "
14 " He who retreats lives longer. "
15 " Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses. "
16 " And once begun, change cannot be reversed. "
17 " The two that are one, the one that is all! "
18 " What you call magic is nothing more than an act of the imagination fired by the senses, then given shape by the power of your aura. "
19 " The fifth force was the magic of Time, the greatest of all the magics. "
20 " He is many things - dangerous and devious, cunning and deadly, a good friend and an implacable enemy - but he comes from an age when a man's word was indeed precious. "