"You're all so obsessed with other worlds, you're so convinced that this one is crap and everywhere else is great, but you've never bothered to figure out what's going on here!"

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Source : Lev Grossman (2015). “The Magicians Trilogy”, p.456, Penguin

Lev Grossman

#Other Worlds Quotes #Contentment Quotes #Obsessed Quotes

“A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a philosopher for temperance.”
“I definitely feel closer to the feminine side of the human being than I do the male - or the American idea of what a male is supposed to be. Just watch a beer commercial and you'll see what I mean.”
“Emptiness the starting point. â€” In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty.”
“I'm always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, 'I should write a cookbook' or, 'I should write for food magazines.' And then I get drawn back to writing fiction again.”
“The cross is steady while the world is turning.”
“It is in the intellectual and emotional response, the conscious and subconscious associations of the artist, that the potential power of painting lies.”
“Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.”
“Hard work will always bring opportunities”

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