Lev GrossmanIf there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.
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If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so. Life is not something that we can wish for or wish away. We either accept it or reject it.
Source: The Magicians
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