You're saying the gods don't have free will." "The power to make mistakes," Penny said. "Only we have that. Mortals

Do you promise to hate my parents as much as I do?" "Oh, absolutely," Quentin said. "Maybe even more.

It didn’t matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home.

By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something that he himself should be doing, and he wasn't doing it.

I've stayed in houses that were in the country, and in England, but I'm still not sure that I've stayed in an English country house.

I have no doubt there are magician psychopaths, and magician serial killers. I doubt Brakebills admissions is very good at screening for those.

I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works.