Isabelle

“Childhood is the most valuable thing that's taken away from you in life, if you think about it.”
― Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals

“We're wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize that it isn't, we start looking around for the real world.”
― Lev Grossman

“I got my heart's desire, and there my troubles began.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

“Magic: it was what happened when the mind met the world, and the mind won for a change.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magician King