# Quote — Lev Grossman, The Magician King

> He had gotten it so easy, and she had it so hard, and why? There was no good reason. He passed a test, and she failed it. That was a judgment on the test, not on her, but now her life was a waking nightmare, and he had everything he ever wanted. He was living a fantasy. Her fantasy. She wanted it back.

- Author: [Lev Grossman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman.md)
- Book: [The Magician King](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king.md)
- Page: 144
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king/he-had-gotten

## More from this book

> You know what Arthur C. Clarke said about technology and magic, right? Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Turn it around. What is advanced magic indistinguishable from? Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from the miraculous.

p. 316 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king/you-know-what.md)

> Specifically she was into dragons.
>
> Quentin suppose it was an extension of the general Australian preoccupation with fatally dangerous animals. Start with saltwater crocodiles and box jellyfish and it was just a hop, skip, and a jump up the food chain before you got to dragons.

p. 170 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king/specifically-she-was.md)

> The dead didn’t mince words.

p. 348 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king/the-dead-didnt.md)