[F]or just one second, look at your life and see how perfect it is. Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else. It's here, and you'd better decide to enjoy it or you're going to be miserable wherever you go, for the rest of your life, forever. Lev Grossman
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Sometimes life is so good that we take it for granted. We stop looking for the door to our real life and start waiting for the next secret door. The problem is, there are no more secret doors. We are committed to making the best out of this one perfect moment in time, even if it means making the best out of something that is not perfect at all. We all do this to some degree, but when we stop living in the moment, we also stop enjoying it.

Source: The Magicians

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