Has it crossed your mind that you don’t have to go off on a holy crusade every time things don’t go your way? - Lev Grossman

Be careful what you learn from me," he said. "What is written with a sword cannot be erased.

Maybe when you give up your dreams, you find out that there’s more to life than dreaming. He was going to live in the real world from now on, and he was going to learn to appreciate its rough, mundane solidity.

Now all I can see is how simple he made everything sound. Reading the Fillory books you would think that all one has to do is behave honorably and bravely and all will be well. What a lesson to teach young children. What a way to prepare them for the rest of their lives.