I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
...and he kissed her and kissed her and kissed her, little by little by little. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Don't fasten on Dorothy. Only unanswerable longing lies down that road. Gone is gone.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“He kissed her, he kissed her, he kissed her, little by little by little.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“They had ganged up on her, in the claustrophobic, loving way of families, and she wanted no more of it.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“What is there that makes my life worth preserving? “I love you,” said Elphaba. “So that’s that then, and that’s it,” he… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
They'd never been lovers, of course, not in the physical sense. But they'd been lovers as most of us manage, loving through… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
He had thought love as a policy made a lot of sense for those who could manage it, and anyone who could… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“You know, Boq,' she said, 'the thing is I have become fond of Galinda myself. Behind her starry-eyed love of herself there… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Now this is this, or seems to be. When you're haunted by any variety of effective nonsense, like love or guilt or… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Why should I keep myself so safe?” he asked her, but he was almost asking himself. What is there in my life… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of anger: hot and cold. Boys and girls experience both, but as they grow up the anger separates according to… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
No one survives in times of war unless they make war their home. How did I get so old and wise, but for welcoming… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
“I care as much as I can, but I don’t spend energy caring about things I cannot resolve.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
“How many times in a life, he thought, will I lie down in a darkness whose character I cannot imagine, to see what daybreak… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
Old Flossie settle down on the other side of What-the-Dickens and dragged some handiwork out of a sack. She armed herself with two thorns… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
My first job was scooping ice cream at Friendly's in Albany, New York. I hated the work, most of my colleagues, and the uniform,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm bad at… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
“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 Copy Share
“You always had an eye for the fellow with a decent helping of sausage and hard-boiled eggs.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
“You need my help? What for? Bread, cash, a fake identity to help you slip sideways through the cracks? Tell me what you need,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
