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Quotes About Merlin

Cauldron of Wisdom, see Birth of Taliesin." Anybody with a drop of education on Celtic mythology knew of Taliesin, the great bard of ancient Ireland, the druid who succeeded Merlin.
~ Ilona Andrews
My childhood in Corfu shaped my life. If I had the craft of Merlin, I would give every child the gift of my childhood.
~ Gerald Durrell
Merlin prefers to think of space as the regions between all the particles of all the atoms of the universe.
~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
What kind of spell did I put over you?" he asked gently, his voice that pure, mesmerizing, hypnotic cadence she couldn't seem to resist. "How should I know?" she asked petulantly. "For all I know, you studied with Merlin." She regarded him with suspicion. "You didn't, did you?" "Actually, honey, he was my apprentice," he said. She put both hands over her ears
~ Christine Feehan
I hate her." Merlin laughed, tossing the stick down. "Not so. You have forgotten how to love. That's a different sorrow.
~ Catherine Fisher
Hegel, marele mag din Suabia, a implinit minunea pe care nici un Merlin n-o încercase vreodata,a f?cut s? devin? real? marea aspiratie a romanticilor. Novalis visa o poezie care s? nu spun? nimic;- Hegel a construit o întreag? filozofie care nu semnific? nimic.
~ Giovanni Papini
It's not an understatement to say that I owe everything as an actor to 'Merlin.' It was pretty much my first job, and I didn't know what I was doing for many years on it. It wasn't until the third and fourth series - the fourth series especially - that I really found my feet with the character, and as an actress.
~ Katie McGrath
Time is the bastard offspring of an incestuous act that God committed upon reality." Merlin to Arthur in "Arthur Rex
~ Thomas Berger
Roibeard's keeping a watch on all, and Merlin's with him. But I'll be happier altogether when the six of us are together at home.
~ Nora Roberts
Moses found the wises man in this sacred meeting place of the waters. His name is not given in the Koran, but all know him as the aforementioned great immortal Khezr. Khezr is and is not a particular person. We know now that, for example, Merlin was a title earned by a particular person. There were many Merlins among the Celts in ancient times; so, too, with Khezr.
~ Laurence Galian
In the line of Emerson and Whitman, Phelps strongly asserts the need for the poet to listen, to feel, to touch, to learn to see. Love is a magician, it is Merlin. It changes the drabness of everyday, unfetters the soul and the imagination, transcends reality. It is an escape from the self... ethereal butterflies alight gently on the very essence of the feeling.
~ Rumanian Review, 1998
He'd used the amulet to read my thoughts again. I pictured smacking him in the face.
~ Priya Ardis, Ever My Merlin
If he failed, it was with honor. In his name we all dwell in Camelot Long after the towers fall, and merlins nest in the ruined stones.
~ Jane Yolen
You immediately hear the word 'Merlin,' you think magic, you think adventure, excitement - you also think 'an old man.'
~ Colin Morgan
Finding a master of the dark art of ninjutsu in modern westernized Japan seems as unlikely as finding an active practitioner of the magic of Merlin in contemporary industrialized England.
~ Unknown
Merlin seeks assistance from Pigwiggen, the only one of Arthur's knights who is also a fairy, and they unite their enchantments to move the British Court to Turkestan. Lively end to Act One.
~ Unknown
A man called William Dalyvell, a follower of Merlin and King James, is put into the Tower. He has been spreading a prophecy that the King of Scots will swoop down from the north, expel the Tudors and rule two kingdoms. He also says he has seen an angel. In former ages this would have been a cause for congratulation, but times being what they are, Dalyvell is put on the rack.
~ Hilary Mantel
There is one person who can save you, sire.' 'Who is that?' 'Merlin. The great magician. He is the man who made the abbey church of Derby disappear into the earth. He will know how to heal you. He will find a cure.' 'Bring him before me. Let him work his magic on my poor bones.
~ Peter Ackroyd
There have been so many different versions of the legend and of 'Camelot,' so what I wanted to do was strip it all back, and go back to the beginning and tell the story of Arthur, from the beginning of the relationship between Merlin and Arthur.
~ Chris Chibnall
Merlin had, according to legend, created the White Council of Wizards from the chaos of the fall of the Roman Empire. He plunged into the flames of the burning Library of Alexandria to save the most critical texts, helped engineer the Catholic Church as a vessel to preserve knowledge and culture during Europe's Dark Ages, and leapt tall cathedrals in a single bound.
~ Jim Butcher
This is beyond understanding. said the king. You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself? And Merlin said quietly, Because I am wise. In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins.
~ John Steinbeck
And at that moment he saw that Merlin was already standing in the entrance of the tent, and Merlin smiled, for he took joy in causing wonder.
~ John Steinbeck
I am the Merlin, bane of the Vale, terror of the four lands. I am chaos and shadows, the last of my people.
~ Unknown