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

I have a huge music library and deliberately choose the piece of music to match the piece I'm writing. So, every book I write has its own "soundtrack."

Just as a pebble thrown into the water creates ripples, so our thoughts create similar effects on our palms.

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.

There are some adventures not worth having.

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

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.