The Magus (1968)

[Nicholas hands a book to Conchis]
Nicholas Urfe: I came to return this.
Maurice Conchis: You came here to meet me. Please, life is short. My name is Conchis.
Nicholas Urfe: My name is Urfe. From the school. I find life long.

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Maurice Conchis: All men feel the need to risk death at least once in their life. War is a very unscientific answer to that need.

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Meli: [splashed by boy in pool] Ah, I think when I marry I shall pray for daughters. And You?
Nicholas Urfe: I'll just pray for myself.

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When Woody Allen was asked whether he'd make changes in his life if he had the opportunity to do it all over again, he replied he'd do "everything exactly the same, with the exception of watching 'The Magus'."
John Fowles:  the writer appears as a boat captain.
The train seen at night time below the hotel window supposedly in Athens is actually the Palma to Soller train in Majorca/Mallorca.
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