A big silvery janitor. Penny, this can’t be how the universe works. ” “In the Order we call … - Lev Grossman

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I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

Lev Grossman

A big silvery janitor. Penny, this can’t be how the universe works. ” “In the Order we call it ‘inverse profundity. ’ We’ve observed it in any number of cases. The deeper you go into the cosmic mysteries, the less interesting everything gets.

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For just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide to enjoy it or you're going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever.

Character, Decide, Door, Inspirational, Looking, Real

Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don't do it for money. That's not what it's about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They're fans, but they're not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.

Writing, Media, Satisfaction, Like, Brilliant

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

About Yourself, Alone, Learn, People

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

Admissions, Brakebills, Doubt, Killers, Screening, Serial Killer

If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.

Life Lesson, Wish, Lessons, Make, Lesson, Life