"The Magician King" Quotes
A disillusioned magician embarks on a dangerous quest to save a magical realm, only to discover that ruling a kingdom is not as glamorous as he imagined.
fantasy | 400 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.
You can't just decide to be happy.
The trouble with quests is that there’s always far more to them than you bargained on. They never end when you expect them to.
You need to believe in yourself, Quentin. Without that, we’re lost.
Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen. Decide as seems best, one course or the other; each way will have its bitter with its sweet.
Magic doesn’t make you special. Being special makes you magic.
In every world, you have to choose, Quentin. In every world, you have to find a way to keep on choosing.
There's no shame in dying for nothing. That's why most people die.
You can't live your life in fear.
The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be happy, not really. Because we are always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
