Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief.

Lev Grossman
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  3. When you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you. - Mariah Carey

  4. To quote French author Francois Mauriac, 'Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who your are' is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread. - Sarah Wendell

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  1. I got my heart's desire, and there my troubles began.

  2. [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...

  3. The truth doesn't always make a good story, does it?

  4. It was so much easier to be angry. Being angry made him feel strong, even though-- and this contradiction did nothing to diminish his anger-- he was angry only because his position was so weak.

  5. 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.

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