Michael Scott (Irish author) Quotes

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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.

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Seasick," Scatty mumbled. "That's exactly what it feels like. Only worse.

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Every story starts with an idea, but it is the characters that move this idea forward.

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Don't take me for a fool!" Dee interrupted angrily, but then had to lean over the boat as another bout of nausea gripped him. Virginia grinned and winked at Josh. "It's hard to sound masterful when you're throwing up, isn't it?" "I hate you, Virginia Dare," Dee mumbled. "I know you don't really mean that," she said lightly. "I do," he croaked.

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There have always been people like you, Nicholas Flamel. People who think they know what's best, who decide what people should see and read and listen to, who ultimately try to shape how the rest of the world think and acts. I've spent my entire life fighting the likes of you.

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It is only when no one remembers that you are truly lost. That is the true death.

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When you've lived as long as I have, nothing much surprises you.

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But the truth is a double-edged sword; it is a dangerous thing.

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There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.

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You're saying we lost the powers of magic because we grew lazy.

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In my experience, we only ever regret the things we have not done

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Even that. What is the point in living forever, if it is not with the woman I love?

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We do not always get what we want. Sometimes life presents us with surprises.

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A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

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The fifth force was the magic of Time, the greatest of all the magics.

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Often the greatest act of courage is admitting that one has made a mistake...Follow your hearts. Protect one another, trust one another, because, at the end of the day, all of these people want something from you, or want you to do something for them, or be something that you are not. Your own responsibility is to one another.

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But magic, like everything else, follows certain natural laws. Magic needs energy wherever it can find it. If no other source of energy is available, it will take the life force of the magician who created it. That is why every use of magic weakens the magician.

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Once you have been touched by magic, you are forever changed. You leave a trail.

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Dee's search for knowledge was always his greatest strength... and his weakness.

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And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty.

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When in doubt, we follow our hearts. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But this...' He tapped his chest, over his heart. 'This is always true

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There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless.

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Perenelle shuddered. "You know I hate leprechauns more than almost anything.

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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.

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The Elders had nothing but contempt for human emotion; they considered it their biggest weakness. Perenelle knew it was humankind's greatest strength.

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Wait. Look. Notice. If you keep those three words in mind, you just might survive the next few days.

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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.

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And Prometheus was flying directly toward them. William Shakespeare shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Now, I've never been a warrior, and I know little about tactics, but shouldn't we be flying in the other direction?" They were close enough now to see the wide-eyed anpu in the nearest craft. "We will," Prometheus said. "Just as soon as the missiles explode." "Which missiles?" Shakespeare asked. "The two just behind us.

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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.

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To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power.

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