“I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college.” LittlesLongCollegeLong Time Author:Lev Grossman
“I've only read three books by Stephen King. When I was 10 I read 'The Long Walk,' one of his pseudonymous Bachman books. In my early 20s, while trapped on a family vacation, I read 'The Dark Half,' which taught me a word I have never forgotten: psychopomp. Now I have read '11/22/63.'” LongBookThreeDarkWalksHalfTaughtKingsForgottenVacationTrappedLong WalksEarly 20sFamily Vacation Author:Lev Grossman
“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.” ThinkingShouldLongRealizingPerfectVisionImpossibleLong TimeIdealsSatParalyzed Author:Lev Grossman
“We have lived too long. The great days are past.” LongPastGreat Day Book:The Magicians Trilogy Source: The Magicians Trilogy
“She still had her bad days, no question, when the black dog of depression sniffed her out and settled its crushing weight on her chest and breathed its pungent dog breath in her face. On those days she called in sick to the IT shop where, most days, she untangled tangled networks for a song. On those days she pulled down the shades and ran dark for twelve or twenty-four or seventy-two hours, however long it took for the black dog to go on home to its dark master.” LongStillsTwoHomeFacesSongBlackHoursDarkFourDogMastersGoes OnSickWeightTwentiesBreathsRanCrushShopsChestsShadeTwelveSeventiesBad DayTangled Author:Lev Grossman
