“When you’ve lived as long as I have, nothing much surprises you.”

Green’s a good color.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

We humans are nothing more than the sum of our memories.

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

A demonstration is more than worth a thousand words.

We are nothing more than the sum of our memories and experiences.

You are not living, you are surviving.

The people that you work with are, when you get down to it, your very best friends.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

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

Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject so you know you are getting the best possible information.

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

The actions of a single person can change the course of the world and create history.

Magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses.

There are some adventures not worth having.

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