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This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach Brida about the spiritual world. She meets a wise man... read more
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Brida is a young Irish woman who is just starting on her quest for spiritual knowledge. She meets The Magus, an older man who is a teacher in the Tradition of the Sun and who lives alone in a forest, and Wicca, a woman who is a teacher of the Tradition of the Moon and who lives in Dublin. ... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Brida: the main character
- Lorens: Brida's boyfriend
- the Magus from Folk: A middle-aged wizard exiled to a forest who Brida seeks to learn magic.
- The bookseller: owns a bookshop specialized in dissertations on ocultism
- Wicca: Brida's teacher of magic
- Loni: Brida in a previous incarnation.
- Talbo: Brida's husband in a former incarnation.
Quotes edit
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“Everyone has agift,but they choose not to see it”
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“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong, my dear, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”
Brida's grandfather -
“Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride, because it was the most destructive way of being different.”
Magus -
“Finding one important thing in your life doesn't mean you have to give up all the other important things.”
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“Disappointment, defeat and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”
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“Nothing in the world is completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”
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“Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride he knew, because it was the most destructive way of being different.”
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“A man who loved me, even if only for an afternoon, and during that afternoon, he had given me everything he had kept to himself throughout his whole life: his struggles, his joys his difficulties and his dreams. That afternoon I gave myself wholly as well. I was his companion, his wife, his audience, his lover. In a matter of onlya few hours I had experienced the love of a lifetime.”
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“When two men are in love with same woman, it is better that they hate each other than that they become friends. Because, if that happened, she will end up losing them both”
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“He tried to concentrate only on her aura, but he was a man, and a man always looks at a woman’s body”
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“What is outside is more difficult to change then what is inside”
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“We are all sailors on an unknown sea; may He make us brave enough to accept this mystery”
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“We study what we can see, but what we see is not always what exists.”
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“Life is about making mistakes ... Cells went on reproducing themselves in exactly the same way for millions of years until one of them made a mistake, and introduced change into that endless cycle of repetition.”
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“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”
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Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God.
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Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride he knew, because it was the most destructive way of being different.
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Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.”
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It isn’t explanations that carry us forward, it’s our desire to go on.”
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“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong, my dear,” said her father, looking at the clock. “Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”
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I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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When male knowledge joins with female transformation, then the great magical union is created, and its name is Wisdom. Wisdom means both to know and to transform.”
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That every moment in life is an act of faith. That you could choose to fill it with snakes and scorpions or with a strong protecting force. That Faith cannot be explained. It was simply a Dark Night. And all she had to do was to accept it or not.
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“Never be ashamed,” he said. “Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.” “How will I know which is which?” “By the taste. You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one.”
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First Sentence edit
"I want to learn about magic," said the girl.
Series & Lists edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Paulo Coelho (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Portuguese
Publisher: Rocco
Country: Spain
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-8532500458
Page Count: 286
Publisher: Rocco
Country: Spain
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-8532500458
Page Count: 286
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- Dewey: 869.342
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