Lev Grossman Quotes
I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I did once work in a rare-books library, and I wrote a novel about a rare book.
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You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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It's huge in the U.K., if someone's doing well, to put them down. That's what we do all the time. It's kind of like a cultural thing.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.
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Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
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Shakespeare also introduces the supernatural into some of his tragedies; he introduces ghosts, and witches who have supernatural knowledge.
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A faithful and good servant is a real godsend; but truly 'tis a rare bird in the land.
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As hard as it is and as tired as I am, I force myself to get dinner at least once a week with my girlfriends, or have a sleepover. Otherwise my life is just work.
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I believe that it's an author's job to cast his imagination into the far spaces. Your life should - and I think it's inescapable that it will - inform your work. I'm all for using anything that can make your art better, but your intuition should be an equal partner.
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Don't let your mind stop you from having a good time.
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I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I did once work in a rare-books library, and I wrote a novel about a rare book.
