Escapism has value, even if I don’t know what its value is, exactly. Maybe it’s just part of some healthy way that we deal with the world.
LEV GROSSMANEscapism has value, even if I don’t know what its value is, exactly. Maybe it’s just part of some healthy way that we deal with the world.
LEV GROSSMANI came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.
LEV GROSSMANThe danger would be going back, or staying still. The only way out was through. The past was ruins, but the present was still in play.
LEV GROSSMANWe have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler.
LEV GROSSMANSome of the comments on YouTube make you weep for the future of humanity just for the spelling alone, never mind the obscenity and the naked hatred.
LEV GROSSMANI love playing with the conventions of fantasy, and breaking rules, and crossing lines.
LEV GROSSMANI studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.
LEV GROSSMANA magician is strong because he feels the pain between what the world is and what he would make of it.
LEV GROSSMANHe who completes a quest does not merely find something. He becomes something.
LEV GROSSMANI loved fantasy, but I particularly loved the stories in which somebody got out of where they were and into somewhere better – as in the Chronicles Of Narnia, The Wizard Of Oz, The Phantom Tollbooth, the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon.
LEV GROSSMANIt’s an engrossing look at the way the flow of information shapes history-as well as a rare glimpse into the soul of the hardcore geek
LEV GROSSMANSupposedly I’ve got traces of an English accent, though I can’t hear it. I must have inherited it from my mother, who’s English, and then I think it was exacerbated by the fact that I live with an Australian.
LEV GROSSMANThe real world is horrible.
LEV GROSSMANYoung minds – young brains – need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They need ideas that you disagree with. They need ideas that I disagree with. Or they’ll never be able to figure out what ideas they believe in.
LEV GROSSMANI think for a long time, I was paralyzed by some of my hopes and ideals for what my life was going to be like. I had this perfect vision of how my life should go, but it seemed – it was – impossible to realize, so I sat around for a long, long time doing almost nothing at all.
LEV GROSSMANIn a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse.
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