# The Magicians

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Lev Grossman]]
- Full Title: The Magicians
- Category: #books

## Highlights
- “The problem with growing up,” Quentin said, “is that once you’re grown up, people who aren’t grown up aren’t fun anymore.” ([Location 3456](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B002AU7MJU&location=3456))
- Who would ever have thought he could do and have and be all those things and still feel nothing at all? What was he missing? Or was it him? If he wasn’t happy even here, even now, did the flaw lie in him? As soon as he seized happiness it dispersed and reappeared somewhere else. Like Fillory, like everything good, it never lasted. What a terrible thing to know. ([Location 3823](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B002AU7MJU&location=3823))
- In a way fighting like this was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse. ([Location 5637](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B002AU7MJU&location=5637))