In Fillory you felt the appropriate emotions when things happened. Happiness was a real, actual, achievable possibility. It came when you called. Or no, it never left you in the first place.

Lev Grossman
In Fillory you felt the appropriate emotions when things happened....
In Fillory you felt the appropriate emotions when things happened....
In Fillory you felt the appropriate emotions when things happened....
In Fillory you felt the appropriate emotions when things happened....
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In the TV series, 'The Magicians', by Lev Grossman, magic is real. The characters in the show live in Fillory, a magical land where magic is normal and animals talk.  The characters are frustrated because they can't use magic in their everyday lives. They feel unfulfilled because there is no way to feel the sorts of emotions that they felt when things happen in Fillory. Until one of them discovers a way to move between worlds, dissolving or bridging the distance between them. Filling your heart with the appropriate emotions when things happen makes you feel more human .

It allows you to feel more fully alive. When something good happens to you, you should be able to feel it. When something bad happens to you, you should be able to feel it - but not numbly accept it the way that other people do.

You should be able to put your feelings into words and express them by acting on them.

Source: The Magicians

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