# Quote — Lev Grossman, The Magician King

> Venice was the only city he’d ever seen that looked the same in real life as it did in pictures. It was consoling that something in this world met expectations.

- 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: 149
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magician-king/venice-was-the

## 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)