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> [I used to write in a local coffee shop, but there was another guy, another writer, who kept sitting in my favorite seat. I would show up, and he would be there, and I would get exiled to a couch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/i-used-to-write-in-a-local-coffee-shop-but-there-was-another-guy/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/lev-grossman-747_another_i-used-to-write-in-a-local-coffee-shop-b_153733.png)

> [“He had a goatee that was maybe growing into something that was more than a goatee, which made him look like an angry barista at an indie coffee shop whose dreams of becoming a successful screenwriter were dwindling by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/he-had-a-goatee-that-was-maybe-growing-into-something-that-was-more/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

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## Other authors on Coffee shop

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## More by Lev Grossman

> [“It was about damn time something happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/it-was-about-damn-time-something-happened/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/we-re-wired-to-expect-the-world-to-be-brighter-and-more-meaningful/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [“He was going to sign the papers and he was going to be a motherfucking magician.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/he-was-going-to-sign-the-papers-and-he-was-going-to-be-a/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [“Being brave was easy when you would rather die than give up. Fatigue meant nothing when you actually wanted to suffer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/being-brave-was-easy-when-you-would-rather-die-than-give-up-fatigue/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [As a writer I'm more drawn to villains who are just slightly mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/as-a-writer-i-m-more-drawn-to-villains-who-are-just-slightly-mad/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/he-wasn-t-in-a-safe-little-story-where-wrongs-were-automatically/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/i-love-rare-books-not-that-i-own-a-lot-of-them-mind-you-you-couldn-t/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/by-now-he-had-learned-enough-to-know-that-when-he-was-getting-annoyed/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell... I defy anybody to read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/about-as-close-you-can-get-to-the-perfect-cerebral-thriller-searingly/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/it-s-true-eliot-said-statistically-historically-and-however-else-you/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/god-i-hope-we-don-t-have-to-use-that-was-all-he-said-out-loud-oh-come/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [I mean, when you're tired of book reviews, you're tired of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/i-mean-when-you-re-tired-of-book-reviews-you-re-tired-of-life/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/my-specialty-as-a-collector-is-books-that-almost-have-value-when-i/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [I used to write in a local coffee shop, but there was another guy, another writer, who kept sitting in my favorite seat. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/i-used-to-write-in-a-local-coffee-shop-but-there-was-another-guy/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lev-grossman/i-don-t-know-if-i-ve-ever-derived-such-an-immediate-sense-of-calm-and/)

[Lev Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lev-grossman/)

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