What did Lev Grossman mean by: Magic: it was what happened when the mind met the world, and the mind won for a change. - Lev Grossman Author Copy
+ It turns out that there is something that can compete with free: easy. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, 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
+ I studied the cello for a long time, from when I was little up through college. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, College, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ It didn’t matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, Book, Home, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ We have reached the point where ignorance and neglect are the best we can hope for in a ruler. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, Ignorance, Neglect, Rulers, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ Read everything. If you haven’t read everything, you’ll never be able to write anything. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, Writing, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ You didn’t get the quest you wanted, you got the one you could do. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, Quests, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
+ People – me included – want to get excited about books. Good books are a good thing. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lev Grossman, Book, 0 - Lev Grossman Author
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Art is a magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds - Leonora Carrington Painter · United Kingdom
Conjuring is a profession in which no one errs through excess of modesty. - Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin Magician · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia