A magician is strong because he feels the pain between what the world is and what he would make of it. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“He was going to sign the papers and he was going to be a motherfucking magician.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Your magician self, that loopy doppelgänger, was always with you, tugging at your sleeve, whispering silently that your real life was a… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I have no doubt there are magician psychopaths, and magician serial killers. I doubt Brakebills admissions is very good at screening for… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“For the true magician there is no very clear line between what lies inside the mind and what lies outside it.If you… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“To become a magician you must do something very different,” the man said. This was clearly his set piece. “You cannot study… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“But I'll tell you something: I think you're magicians because you're unhappy. A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“The world was fucking awful. It was a wretched, desolate place, a desert of meaninglessness, a heartless wasteland, where horrific things happened… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“He'd been right about the world, but he was wrong about himself. The word was a desert, but he was a magician,… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“I have a little theory that I'd like to air here, if I may. What is it that you think makes you… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
We're wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize… — Lev Grossman Copy Share
“He was going to sign the papers and he was going to be a motherfucking magician.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share
“Being brave was easy when you would rather die than give up. Fatigue meant nothing when you actually wanted to suffer.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share
“He wasn't in a safe little story where wrongs were automatically righted; he was still in the real world, where bad bitter things happened… — Lev Grossman Copy Share
I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I… — Lev Grossman Copy Share
By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something… — Lev Grossman Copy Share
About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell... I defy anybody to read… — Lev Grossman Copy Share
“It's true," Eliot said. "Statistically, historically, and however else you want to look at it, you are almost never right. A monkey making life… — Lev Grossman Copy Share
“God, I hope we don’t have to use that,” was all he said out loud. “Oh, come on, Quentina. We’re not looking for trouble.… — Lev Grossman Copy Share
My specialty as a collector is books that almost have value. When I love a book, I don't buy the first edition, because those… — Lev Grossman Copy Share
I used to write in a local coffee shop, but there was another guy, another writer, who kept sitting in my favorite seat. I… — Lev Grossman Copy Share
I don't know if I've ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from 'Right Ho,… — Lev Grossman Copy Share
