Quotes by Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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The world was floods above and fire below — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbe — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
One never knows how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her — is it ever the right choice? — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
But she woke up just then, and in the moonlight covered herself with a blanket. She smiled at him drowsily and called hi — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.'Galinda s — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Those times are over and gone, and good-riddance to them, too. We were hopelessly high-spirited. Now we're the thick-wai — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
What's big, thick, makes the earth move, and wants to have its way with you?" "I don't know, but can you introduce me? — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do. — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history. — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
The real thing about evil… you figure out one side of it - the human side, say - and the eternal side goes into shadow. — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
For who was in thrall to whom, really? And could it ever be known? Each agent working in collusion and antagonism - like — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Galinda didn't see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection instead. She had the — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
I have always felt like a pawn... My skin color's been a curse, my missionary parents made me sober and intense, my scho — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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 r — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Oh, everything is gorgeous once it's gone. — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
At its most elemental, a spell is no more than a recipe for change. — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveler knows that the nove — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
And of the Witch? In the life of a Witch, there is no "after", in the "ever after" of a Witch there is no "happily"; in — Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West