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Gregory Maguire quotes: The wall read:ELPHIE LIVESOZMA LIVESTHE WIZARD LIVESand thenEVERYONE LIVES BUT US. The wall read:
ELPHIE LIVES
OZMA LIVES
THE WIZARD LIVES
and then
EVERYONE LIVES BUT US.
Gregory Maguire quotes: He was hungry without yet knowing that hunger could be slaked by food; he was lonely without yet knowing that loneliness could be slaked, too. He was hungry without yet knowing that hunger could be slaked by food; he was lonely without yet knowing that loneliness could be slaked, too.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Under every roof, a story, just as behind every brow, a history Under every roof, a story, just as behind every brow, a history
Gregory Maguire quotes: who knows what we want? We're all mysteries, even to ourselves. who knows what we want? We're all mysteries, even to ourselves.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I have the distinct feeling I'm not in Oz anymore,' said Brrr. I have the distinct feeling I'm not in Oz anymore,' said Brrr.
Gregory Maguire quotes: A world emerging, daily, out of nothing, a world that we trust to resemble what we've seen previously. We should know better. A world emerging, daily, out of nothing, a world that we trust to resemble what we've seen previously. We should know better.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Now he was the minister and she the sinner, an arrangement she did not particularly enjoy. Now he was the minister and she the sinner, an arrangement she did not particularly enjoy.
Gregory Maguire quotes: In my raveling thoughts I flew away, as if my spirit were nestled in the breast feathers of some passing hornbill or waxwing. In my raveling thoughts I flew away, as if my spirit were nestled in the breast feathers of some passing hornbill or waxwing.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous crimes in nature. I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous crimes in nature.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The thing about a mirror is this: The one who stares into it is condemned to consider the world from her own perspective. The thing about a mirror is this: The one who stares into it is condemned to consider the world from her own perspective.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The moon rose, an opalescent goddess tipping light from her harsh maternal scimitar. The moon rose, an opalescent goddess tipping light from her harsh maternal scimitar.
Gregory Maguire quotes: How deeply bound by cords of family anger we all are[ ... ]None of us breaks free. How deeply bound by cords of family anger we all are[ ... ]None of us breaks free.
Gregory Maguire quotes: It was hard to tell what her weapons were, except for that sort of inane good sense and emotional honesty. It was hard to tell what her weapons were, except for that sort of inane good sense and emotional honesty.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint. Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint.
Gregory Maguire quotes: One plus one equals both. One plus one equals both.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The eye is always drawn to light, but shadows have more to say. The eye is always drawn to light, but shadows have more to say.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The years peeled slowly off, one by one, or perhaps dozens at a time. The years peeled slowly off, one by one, or perhaps dozens at a time.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny. Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.
Gregory Maguire quotes: No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice. No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I take responsibility only for the future, not the past. The past can't hurt you the way the future can. I take responsibility only for the future, not the past. The past can't hurt you the way the future can.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Elphaba looked like something between an animal and an Animal, like something more than life but not quite Life. Elphaba looked like something between an animal and an Animal, like something more than life but not quite Life.
Gregory Maguire quotes: He set out once more, with a sense that his life would be rich in setting outs, and perhaps poorer in homecomings. He set out once more, with a sense that his life would be rich in setting outs, and perhaps poorer in homecomings.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The cunning old cow, thought Melena. She is trying that rarest of strategies, telling the truth, and making it sound plausible. The cunning old cow, thought Melena. She is trying that rarest of strategies, telling the truth, and making it sound plausible.
Gregory Maguire quotes: So she listened hard. And she began to evolve, because stories work their magic that way. They build conviction and erode conviction in equal measure. So she listened hard. And she began to evolve, because stories work their magic that way. They build conviction and erode conviction in equal measure.
Gregory Maguire quotes: An odor of June mud, backwashed with essence of meadow-grass and a whiff of cow. An odor of June mud, backwashed with essence of meadow-grass and a whiff of cow.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Wrong takes an awful long time to be proven, in my experience. Wrong takes an awful long time to be proven, in my experience.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I'm a priest, I know better than most when a lie is permitted. I'm a priest, I know better than most when a lie is permitted.
Gregory Maguire quotes: O beautiful, to make escapeAnd leave this world behind.Had I to stay another dayI'd lose my fucking mind... O beautiful, to make escape
And leave this world behind.
Had I to stay another day
I'd lose my fucking mind...
Gregory Maguire quotes: I may not be sure if monsters exist, but I'd rather live my life in doubt than be persuaded by a real experience of one. I may not be sure if monsters exist, but I'd rather live my life in doubt than be persuaded by a real experience of one.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The storm dropped a house on her head. The storm dropped a house on her head.
Gregory Maguire quotes: And a puzzle is for the piecing together, especially for the young, who still believe it can be done. And a puzzle is for the piecing together, especially for the young, who still believe it can be done.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The devil is a very big angel, but a very little man. The devil is a very big angel, but a very little man.
Gregory Maguire quotes: When have we required anything of you? Except to survive? When have we required anything of you? Except to survive?
Gregory Maguire quotes: Immortality is a chancy thing; it cannot be promised or earned. Perhaps it cannot even be identified for what it is. Immortality is a chancy thing; it cannot be promised or earned. Perhaps it cannot even be identified for what it is.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Your name is Rain, isn't it? Rain slips in the cracks and slides through the seams. You can do it? Can't you? Your name is Rain, isn't it? Rain slips in the cracks and slides through the seams. You can do it? Can't you?
Gregory Maguire quotes: My job is to protect you, Lady Glinda even if you are loosing your mind. My job is to protect you, Lady Glinda even if you are loosing your mind.
Gregory Maguire quotes: This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction. This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction.
Gregory Maguire quotes: There is a limit to the nonsense even a dream can attempt. There is a limit to the nonsense even a dream can attempt.
Gregory Maguire quotes: If one could drown in the grass, thought Elphie, that might be the best way to die. If one could drown in the grass, thought Elphie, that might be the best way to die.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The beauty of the day is the only thing that doesn't fade in time. Day after day, such beauty revives itself. The beauty of the day is the only thing that doesn't fade in time. Day after day, such beauty revives itself.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I like the sound of words, but I don't ever really expect my slow, slanted impression of the world to change by what I read. I like the sound of words, but I don't ever really expect my slow, slanted impression of the world to change by what I read.
Gregory Maguire quotes: What will I do if I find myself with a heart?" "Lose it constantly, I imagine. What will I do if I find myself with a heart?" "Lose it constantly, I imagine.
Gregory Maguire quotes: There's no need to hear gossip about government. It'll only give you gas. There's no need to hear gossip about government. It'll only give you gas.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I'm not involved in shame. Morals are learned in childhood, and I didn't have any such holiday called childhood. I'm not involved in shame. Morals are learned in childhood, and I didn't have any such holiday called childhood.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Those who are roped into bed at night often fall into delusions of flight. Those who are roped into bed at night often fall into delusions of flight.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose.I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered. I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose.
I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.
Gregory Maguire quotes: All of life hinges on what one does next, until finally one makes the wrong choice. All of life hinges on what one does next, until finally one makes the wrong choice.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Damn the human stomach, this fat betrayor of ideals Damn the human stomach, this fat betrayor of ideals
Gregory Maguire quotes: Quoting reminds me there are other people in the world besides only me. And other thoughts besides mine, and other ways of thinking. Quoting reminds me there are other people in the world besides only me. And other thoughts besides mine, and other ways of thinking.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I didn't even realize this at first, but there's almost no central character in any of my 24 books who doesn't have a dead mother or a lost parent. I didn't even realize this at first, but there's almost no central character in any of my 24 books who doesn't have a dead mother or a lost parent.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Do good though, will you?" She blinked brightly at the green girl. "If not for your parents or your grandmother, then for me? Do good though, will you?" She blinked brightly at the green girl. "If not for your parents or your grandmother, then for me?
Gregory Maguire quotes: They had ganged up on her, in the claustrophobic, loving way of families, and she wanted no more of it. They had ganged up on her, in the claustrophobic, loving way of families, and she wanted no more of it.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling porcupine," she crooned. "Little critters fried like fritters come out crunchy and divine. Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling porcupine," she crooned. "Little critters fried like fritters come out crunchy and divine.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Given a long enough time, of course, a wide enough frame, there is nothing said or done, ever, that isn't ironic in the end. Given a long enough time, of course, a wide enough frame, there is nothing said or done, ever, that isn't ironic in the end.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Evil is moral at it heart. The selection of vice over virtue; you can pretend not to know, you can rationalize, but you know it in your conscience. Evil is moral at it heart. The selection of vice over virtue; you can pretend not to know, you can rationalize, but you know it in your conscience.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Not old enough to feel like an adult , really, but old enough to look like one, and to know the distinction between being carefree and careless. Not old enough to feel like an adult , really, but old enough to look like one, and to know the distinction between being carefree and careless.
Gregory Maguire quotes: How brave that had made her feel, and how vulnerable too. How brave that had made her feel, and how vulnerable too.
Gregory Maguire quotes: At least i'm talkng to myself. instead of giving myself the cold shoulder At least i'm talkng to myself. instead of giving myself the cold shoulder
Gregory Maguire quotes: Don't fasten on Dorothy. Only unanswerable longing lies down that road. Gone is gone. Don't fasten on Dorothy. Only unanswerable longing lies down that road. Gone is gone.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I wouldn't mind leaving myself behind if I could, but I don't know the way out. I wouldn't mind leaving myself behind if I could, but I don't know the way out.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Perhaps charity is the kind of beauty that we comprehend the best because we miss it the most. Perhaps charity is the kind of beauty that we comprehend the best because we miss it the most.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Where shall I say you've gone?" She threw an arm about airily. "Oh, way up high. Over the rainbow somewhere, I guess. Where shall I say you've gone?"
She threw an arm about airily. "Oh, way up high. Over the rainbow somewhere, I guess.
Gregory Maguire quotes: In summer moonlight, she was dangerously, inebriatingly magnified. In summer moonlight, she was dangerously, inebriatingly magnified.
Gregory Maguire quotes: When goodness removes itself, the space it occupies corrodes and becomes evil, and maybe splits apart and multiplies. When goodness removes itself, the space it occupies corrodes and becomes evil, and maybe splits apart and multiplies.
Gregory Maguire quotes: How could anyone live without flying? How could anyone live without flying?
Gregory Maguire quotes: That's what misbehavior is all about, just a little extra loving being asked for. That's what misbehavior is all about, just a little extra loving being asked for.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I know this: The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness, she said. I know this: The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness, she said.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Doubt was much more energy efficient than conviction. Doubt was much more energy efficient than conviction.
Gregory Maguire quotes: I mean, evil and boredom. Evil and ennui. Evil and the lack of stimulation. Evil and sluggish blood. I mean, evil and boredom. Evil and ennui. Evil and the lack of stimulation. Evil and sluggish blood.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say. The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.
Gregory Maguire quotes: But there was the mirror in which I would glimpse his handsome form, because mirrors don't lie about men, only women. But there was the mirror in which I would glimpse his handsome form, because mirrors don't lie about men, only women.
Gregory Maguire quotes: What more does one ask of life, really, but to stagger from moment to moment with a reason to wake and wait for the next reason to wake? What more does one ask of life, really, but to stagger from moment to moment with a reason to wake and wait for the next reason to wake?
Gregory Maguire quotes: It never is the who, is it? It's always the why. -Elphaba It never is the who, is it? It's always the why. -Elphaba
Gregory Maguire quotes: history takes a long time to happen. history takes a long time to happen.
Gregory Maguire quotes: So young, he knew nothing about aerodynamics, except how the heart could lift and lift. So young, he knew nothing about aerodynamics, except how the heart could lift and lift.
Gregory Maguire quotes: To read, even in the half-dark, is also to call the lost forward. To read, even in the half-dark, is also to call the lost forward.
Gregory Maguire quotes: It's heaven to know that it's still possible to run, though she doesn't know what she's running from. It's heaven to know that it's still possible to run, though she doesn't know what she's running from.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Oh, wary, well, I'm wary of the water I drink, it might be poisoned," said Glinda. "That doesn't mean I stop drinking water. Oh, wary, well, I'm wary of the water I drink, it might be poisoned," said Glinda. "That doesn't mean I stop drinking water.
Gregory Maguire quotes: There was no apology for the way the world worked. Only accommodation to it, while at the same time committing - somehow - not to give up. There was no apology for the way the world worked. Only accommodation to it, while at the same time committing - somehow - not to give up.
Gregory Maguire quotes: When you can't die, she thought, everything sounds like a clock ticking. When you can't die, she thought, everything sounds like a clock ticking.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Elphaba's already come back. I saw her last week on the stairs. Elphaba's already come back. I saw her last week on the stairs.
Gregory Maguire quotes: She wasn't afraid of doing good or of resisting evil. She was merely afraid she might not be able to tell the difference. She wasn't afraid of doing good or of resisting evil. She was merely afraid she might not be able to tell the difference.
Gregory Maguire quotes: It's the endlessly thinking about yourself that causes such heart shame. It's the endlessly thinking about yourself that causes such heart shame.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The world was floods above and fire below The world was floods above and fire below
Gregory Maguire quotes: I hate New Year's Eve. One more chance to remember that you haven't yet done what you wanted. And to pretend it doesn't matter. I hate New Year's Eve. One more chance to remember that you haven't yet done what you wanted. And to pretend it doesn't matter.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face. Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Well," said Madame Morrible in a carrying tone, "one expects poetry, if it is Poetry, to offend. It is the Right of Art. Well," said Madame Morrible in a carrying tone, "one expects poetry, if it is Poetry, to offend. It is the Right of Art.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The alien girl - she called herself Dorothy - was by virtue of her survival elevated to living sainthood. The dog was merely annoying. The alien girl - she called herself Dorothy - was by virtue of her survival elevated to living sainthood. The dog was merely annoying.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The wind was picking up, and the Scarecrow shivered. The wind was picking up, and the Scarecrow shivered.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Before catechisms can instill a proper humility, small children know the truth that their own existence has caused the world to bloom into being. Before catechisms can instill a proper humility, small children know the truth that their own existence has caused the world to bloom into being.
Gregory Maguire quotes: That's the real power of art, I think. Not to chide but to provoke challenge. Otherwise why bother? That's the real power of art, I think. Not to chide but to provoke challenge. Otherwise why bother?
Gregory Maguire quotes: No one is exempt from grief. The No one is exempt from grief. The
Gregory Maguire quotes: If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it. If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true ... we call it history. Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true ... we call it history.
Gregory Maguire quotes: The moon passed overhead in its path from the Vinkus, and she felt its accusatory spotlight, and moved back from the tall windows. The moon passed overhead in its path from the Vinkus, and she felt its accusatory spotlight, and moved back from the tall windows.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Everyone dies. It's a question of where and how, that's all. Everyone dies. It's a question of where and how, that's all.
Gregory Maguire quotes: It's the age of daring. It's the only time we have. We must live in the present. We are young and alive. It's the age of daring. It's the only time we have. We must live in the present. We are young and alive.
Gregory Maguire quotes: Of course. You get everything from books. Of course. You get everything from books.
Gregory Maguire quotes: This is what fun is like, said Rain, almost to herself. This is what fun is like, said Rain, almost to herself.
Gregory Maguire quotes: To grow a melody?" "You can't grow a melody on purpose," she said, and slyly added, "you have to plant an accidental. To grow a melody?"
"You can't grow a melody on purpose," she said, and slyly added, "you have to plant an accidental.

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