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Lev Grossman is an American novelist, best known for his fantasy novel series 'The Magicians'. His works blend literary depth with rich imagination, earning him widespread acclaim.

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Famous Lev Grossman Quotes

“You don’t learn about yourself by being alone, you learn about yourself from other people.”

People About Yourself

Author:Lev Grossman

“My ultimate goal is to drive people back to the books, when I think of an adaptation.”

People Thinking Book Goal Ultimate Adaptation Ultimate Goal

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“I went to college at Harvard, then did three years of graduate school at Yale. At both places I studied comparative literature. People find it odd that I went to both Harvard and Yale, and I guess it is odd, but that's just what people did where I grew up.”

People Years School Three Literature College Grew Grew Up Odd Three Years Graduates Harvard Yale Graduate School Comparative Literature

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“The line between outside and inside is fuzzier in fantasy. Maybe that's something people are looking for.”

People Lines Fantasy

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“The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.”

People Problem Fun Growing Up Growing

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“Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break you.”

People World Way Mean Whole Use Light Pain Found Break Strength My Friends Whole Life Fuel Warmth Another Way

Book:The Magicians: A Novel

Source: The Magicians: A Novel

“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.”

People Way Feels Said Pain Fall Fighting Universe Causes Magic Tears Damage Feel Better Altered

Book:The Magicians Trilogy

Source: The Magicians Trilogy

“Most people are blind to magic. They move thru a blank and empty world. They’re bored with their lives and there’s nothing they can do about it. They’re eaten alive by longing and they’re dead before they die.”

People World Moving Dies Can Do Alive Magic Empty Blind Longing Bored Blank

Book:The Magicians: A Novel

Source: The Magicians: A Novel

“Genuinely social people never ceased to amaze him. Their brains seemed to generate an inexhaustible fund of things to say, naturally, with no effort, out of nothing at all.”

People Social Effort Brain Fund

Book:The Magician King: A Novel

Source: The Magician King: A Novel

“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.”

People Ifs Different Matter Together Millions Revolution Internet Tools Versions Contribution Different Things Valleys Software Silicon Silicon Valley Consultants Web 2.0

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“People - me included - want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing.”

People Want Book Good Things Excited Good Book

Author:Lev Grossman

About the Author

Born: June 26, 1969
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 173

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