What did Lev Grossman mean by: It turns out that there is something that can compete with free: easy. - Lev Grossman Author Copy
+ The truth doesn’t always make a good story, does it? Feraz Zeid, June 29, 2023December 12, 2023, Lev Grossman, Good Story, Stories, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ She tortured everybody around her, but only because she was more tortured than anyone. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, Hero, Relief, Stories, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ I got my heart’s desire, and there my troubles began. Feraz Zeid, June 19, 2023December 12, 2023, Lev Grossman, Desire, Heart, Relationships, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ The life I should be living had been mislaid through some clerical error by the cosmic bureaucracy. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, Bureaucracy, Errors, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing one’s cues. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, Hero, Knowing, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ You don’t learn about yourself by being alone, you learn about yourself from other people. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, About Yourself, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ Being a writer can be isolating. It’s good to be among readers and booksellers. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, Lev Grossman, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
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