Even that. What is the point in living forever, if it is not with the woman I love?
Dee's search for knowledge was always his greatest strength... and his weakness.
He who retreats lives longer.
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.
You're saying we lost the powers of magic because we grew lazy.
The day we stop learning is the day we die.