The process of learning is a nonstop orgy of wonderment.
LEV GROSSMANI studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.
More Lev Grossman Quotes
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Don’t take anyone’s writing advice too seriously.
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His whole personality was like an elaborate joke that he never stopped telling.
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The truth doesn’t always make a good story, does it?
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I feel very conscious of my influences. T.H. White is very important for me.
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I 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.
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People – me included – want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.
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Careful what you hunt, lest you catch it.
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A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I’ve just gotten in the habit of forgiving.
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The real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.
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I 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.
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Magic: it was what happened when the mind met the world, and the mind won for a change.
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The real world is horrible.
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Magic is wild, dangerous stuff. You never realize how useful limitations are until it’s much too late.
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I recognize that on paper, you can’t really tell that I’m a fan or a nerd.
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He wasn’t surprised. He was used to this anticlimactic feeling, where by the time you’ve done all the work to get something you don’t even want it anymore.
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