He was aware for the first time of how quiet the city had gotten. After dark the streets and canals seemed to empty out. As if Venice felt less of an obligation to pretend to be part of this millennium at night, and had reverted to its medieval self again.
Lev GrossmanMaybe this was one of those times when being a hero didn’t involve looking particularly brave. It was just doing what you should.
Lev GrossmanShe knew she was obsessed, but it was turning out that she was the kind of person who needed to be obsessed with something, and she could have done a lot worse.
Lev GrossmanHe who completes a quest does not merely find something. He becomes something.
Lev GrossmanHe'd spent too long being disappointed by the world - he'd spent so many years pining for something like this, some proof that the real world wasn't the only world, and coping with the overwhelming evidence that it in fact was.
Lev GrossmanThe gods were great, but what good was greatness if you didn't love?
Lev GrossmanHe wasn't in a safe little story where wrongs were automatically righted; he was still in the real world, where bad bitter things happened for no reason, and people paid for things that weren't their fault.
Lev GrossmanFunny how life had its little ways of surprising you. Little quirks of fate.
Lev GrossmanWhat is written with a sword cannot be erased.
Lev GrossmanStop 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.
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