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A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more

A magician is strong because he feels pain. He feels the difference between what the world is and what he would make of it. Or what did you think that stuff in your chest was? A magician is strong because he hurts more than others. His wound is his strength.

Lev Grossman
Hurt, Strong, Pain
Lev Grossman (2015). “The Magicians Trilogy”, p.173, Penguin

A magician is strong because he feels the pain between what the world is and what he would make of it.

Lev Grossman
Strong, Pain, World
Lev Grossman (2015). “The Magicians Trilogy”, p.173, Penguin

In a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse.

Lev Grossman
Pain, Fall, Fighting
Lev Grossman (2015). “The Magicians Trilogy”, p.257, Penguin

Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break you.

Lev Grossman
Strength, Pain, Mean
Lev Grossman (2009). “The Magicians: A Novel”, p.173, Penguin

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