"The strong survive, but the courageous triumph."
"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."
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Source: Michael Scott (2012). “The First Codex”, p.87, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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