# Quote — Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land

> He’d always half expected that the watch would turn out to have some sort of amazing magical power—turning back time, maybe, or slowing it, or freezing it, or something. It certainly looked magical enough. But if it had any powers at all he’d never found them. Funny how some things you’re sure will pay off never do.

- Author: [Lev Grossman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman.md)
- Book: [The Magician's Land](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magicians-land.md)
- Page: 399
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lev_Grossman#The_Magician's_Land_(2014)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magicians-land/hed-always-half

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> She was starting to suspect that facing up to the nightmare of the past is what gives you the power to build your future.

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> I admit that you might possibly not be deluding yourself about that.

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> Heads turned. This was gossip of the very first water—pure pharmaceutical-grade gossip.

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