7/4/2023 0 Comments The magicians grossman novel![]() ![]() ![]() The school systems in Brooklyn sorted out the gifted ones and shoved them together, then separated the ridiculously brilliant ones from the merely gifted ones and shoved them together, and as a result they’d been bumping into each other in the same speaking contests and regional Latin exams and tiny, specially convened ultra-advanced math classes since elementary school. They were only seventeen, but he felt like he’d known James and Julia forever. ![]() It was kind of incredible how long this had been going on, Quentin thought. “I have one guess for his password,” James said. He did it again, then he did it backward. He did it in his coat pocket where nobody could see. ![]() It was a very small trick, a basic one-handed sleight with a nickel. “How is that different from what I said?” Somehow it made it worse that she was always so nice to him. Her dark hair was pulled back in a wavy bunch. Then when he’s feeling comfortable, you hit him with a chair and I’ll break his password and e-mail Princeton.” Quentin’s interview was in seven minutes. James seemed to have a sixth sense for when Quentin was starting to feel sorry for himself. Or at least the available evidence pointed overwhelmingly to that conclusion. He would rather have been alone with Julia, or just alone period, but you couldn’t have everything. The sidewalk wasn’t quite wide enough, so Quentin trailed after them, like a sulky child. They picked their way along the cold, uneven sidewalk together: James, Julia, and Quentin. ![]()
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