0 MAGIC WORDS • "The mountain gnomes of this mystic wilderness are already in terror lest some fortunate fool may utter the one magic word, 'Gold.' It will call greedy thousands from the uttermost parts of the earth to break the seals of ages, and burrow far below these mountain bases. Through stubborn granite wall, tough porphyry, ringing quartz, and bedded gnarled gneiss, men will grope for the feathery, fairy veins of the yellow metal." -- Richard Henry Savage, The Little Lady of Lagunitas (1892) • "Gold! gold! that is the magic word with which the world is ruled. I will have gold -- I will rule the world." -- Louise Muhlbach, Berlin and Sans-Souci (1858) • "You said the magic word 'gold' again, Ghend. I could sit here all day and listen to you talk about it." -- David Eddings, The Redemption of Althalus (2000) • "That is when the exciting and magical word gold entered our conversation." -- Donald Trump, Churches, Jails, and Gold Mines (200 ) • "The Protectorate was overrun by British officers, and their reports and itineraries never failed to contain, with a marvellous unanimity of iteration, the magic word -- Gold." -- Richard F. Burton, To the Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. 1 (188 ) • "To cover up the crime the culprits would hint that they had found the gold in the mysterious Indian country of the 'Black Hills.' And the magic word 'Gold!' would once again travel by the frontier grapevine from one settlement to another." -- Charles Windolph, I Fought with Custer (1987) Figure 21: Seven alchemical symbols for gold. Gotcha In Literature: • Gotcha is "the magic word that only works for older brothers" on their young siblings, as when playing cops and robbers. -- William J. Webbe, "My Brother and Me," Making Our Own Fun (2004) • "'Gotcha,' he says, displaying the mouse in his cupped hands." -- Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife (2004)