The danger would be going back, or staying still. The only way out was through. The past was ruins, but the present was still in play.
Lev GrossmanA magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength.
Lev GrossmanThe life I should be living had been mislaid through some clerical error by the cosmic bureaucracy.
Lev GrossmanThe real problem with being around James was that he was always the hero. And what did that make you? Either the sidekick or the villain.
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