There were people everywhere but no one was mine, and I was no one's. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
quoting reminds me there are other people in the world besides only me. And other thoughts besides mine, and other ways of… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Such silly things, children -- and so embarrassing -- because they keep changing themselves out of shame, out of a need to… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
You're fun to look at," decided Galinda. Boq's face fell. "Fun?" he said. I'd give a lot to achieve fun," Elphaba said.… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes, if they're… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
To consider what other people might say is hardly a good reason to take action or to defer it. You have your… — 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
