# Quote — Lev Grossman, The Magician's Land

> When he graduated he’d thought life was going to be like a novel, starring him on his own personal hero’s journey, and that the world would provide him with an endless series of evils to triumph over and life lessons to learn. It took him a while to figure out that wasn’t how it worked.

- 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: 73
- 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/when-he-graduated

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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.

p. 369 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magicians-land/she-was-starting.md)

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

p. 396 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magicians-land/i-admit-that.md)

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

p. 256 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lev-grossman/the-magicians-land/heads-turned-this.md)