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 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.
More Lev Grossman Quotes
-
-
I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.
LEV GROSSMAN -
It turns out that there is something that can compete with free: easy.
LEV GROSSMAN -
The process of learning is a nonstop orgy of wonderment.
LEV GROSSMAN -
The new Web is a very different thing. It’s a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter. Silicon Valley consultants call it Web 2.0, as if it were a new version of some old software. But it’s really a revolution.
LEV GROSSMAN -
Some 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 GROSSMAN -
I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.
LEV GROSSMAN -
Magic: it was what happened when the mind met the world, and the mind won for a change.
LEV GROSSMAN -
My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only.
LEV GROSSMAN -
Careful what you hunt, lest you catch it.
LEV GROSSMAN -
I recognize that on paper, you can’t really tell that I’m a fan or a nerd.
LEV GROSSMAN -
A big silvery janitor. Penny, this can’t be how the universe works.” “In the Order we call it ‘inverse profundity.’ We’ve observed it in any number of cases. The deeper you go into the cosmic mysteries, the less interesting everything gets.
LEV GROSSMAN -
In 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.
LEV GROSSMAN -
We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler.
LEV GROSSMAN -
People – me included – want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.
LEV GROSSMAN -
Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there’s nothing else.
LEV GROSSMAN