Lev Grossman Quotes

One Thing Had Always Confused Quentin About The Magic He Read About In Books: It Never Seemed Especially Hard To Do. There Were Lots Of Furrowed Brows And Thick Books And Long White Beards And Whatnot, But When It Came Right Down To It, You Memorized The Incantation - Or You Just Read It Off The Page, If That Was Too Much Trouble - You Collected The Herbs, Waved The Wand, Rubbed The Lamp, Mixed The Potion, Said The Words - And Just Like That The Forces Of The Beyond Did Your Bidding. It Was Like Making Salad Dressing Or Driving Stick Or Assembling Ikea Furniture - Just Another Skill You Could Learn. It Took Some Time And Effort, But Compared To Doing Calculus, Say, Or Playing The Oboe - Well, There Really Was No Comparison. Any Idiot Could Do Magic.

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