"A magician is strong because he feels the pain between what the world is and what he would make of it."

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Source : Lev Grossman (2015). “The Magicians Trilogy”, p.173, Penguin

Lev Grossman

#Strong Quotes #Pain Quotes #World Quotes

“I like doing clay work. It's different from drawing on a page because you have something to mold into different shapes. It's quite visual, it's a thing you can hold and feel, and that makes it different from drawing.”
“Christopher Robin was home by this time, because it was the afternoon, and he was so glad to see them that they stayed there until very nearly tea-time, and then they had a Very Nearly tea, which is one you forget about afterwards, and hurried on to Pooh Corner, so as to see Eeyore before it was too late to have a Proper Tea with Owl.”
“People who have little to do are excessive talkers.”
“No matter what your current condition, how or where you grew up, or what education or training you feel you lack, you can be successful in your chosen endeavor. It is spirit, fortitude, and hardiness that matter more than where you start.”
“Doomed enterprises divide lives forever into the then and now”
“People don't always realize that a record is forever. It'll always be there under your name. You've got to be certain that it's right.”
“I think I'm a bit less inhibited, and not thinking too much before speaking. It's not about being shameful, I'm just a bit more unabashedly myself because of this thing, and it probably started at age 15. I can be around people and say what I think without fear.”
“After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him... The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.”

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