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.
He who retreats lives longer.
Seasick,” Scatty mumbled. “That’s exactly what it feels like. Only worse.
And once begun, change cannot be reversed.
The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, and the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer.
Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.
Wikipedia is the best thing ever.
We humans are nothing more than the sum of our memories.
The Egyptians got it wrong. They wrapped the dead. They did not realize I wrapped the living.
Niccolo Machiaveli stood apart from the rest of the crowd, arms lightly folded across his chest, careful not to wrinkle his Saile Row- tailored black silk tuxedo. Stone gray eyes swept over the other bidders, analyzing and assessing them.
The two that is one the one that is all. One to save the world, the other to destroy it.
Battles are won by men. Wars are won by strategists.
Impatience and stupidity claim more victims than any weapon.
And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty. Myths and legends walk unseen amongst them, ignored, unrecognized. It was not always so.
Dung is more valuable than any precious metal. You cannot grow food in gold.
It was some time ago – in the twelfth century, as you humani measure time – a man from the land of the Scots. I do not remember his name.” Both Sophie and Josh instinctively knew that Hekate was lying. “What happened to him?” Sophie asked. “He died.” There was a peculiar high-pitched giggle.
Sisters are a trial,” he said. “And it doesn’t matter if they’re Elder or humani. Sometimes I think they exist solely to upset and annoy their brothers.
He’d met Dee briefly and didn’t like him; he was one of those arrogant European immortals who thought they were better than anyone else, just because they were older than the United States.
Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.
Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.