“How many times in a life, he thought, will I lie down in a darkness whose character I cannot imagine, to see… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one's understanding of the complexities of life, and I'm… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“You have your own life to live, and at its end, the only opinion that amounts to anything is that which God… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
The further on we go, the more meaning there is, but the less articulable. You live your life and the older you… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
It's unbecoming," she agreed. "A perfect word for my new life. Unbecoming. I who have always been unbecoming am becoming un. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
When the dawn light is coursing through the slats in the shutters at last, making thin stripes on the floor, she, tossing,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination… — 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
That was such a wonderful time, even in its strangeness and sadness-and life isn't the same now. It's wonderful, but it isn't… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
While I pride myself on trying to be creative in all areas of my life, I have occasionally gone overboard, like the… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“She seems to float in a life next to ours, with limited contact.” — 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
When I began 'Wicked', I really thought of it entirely as a one-off, as the English say. There was no intention that… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“I may not be sure if monsters exist, but I‚Äôd rather live my life in doubt than be persuaded by a real… — 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
We only have babies when we're young enough not to know how grim life turns out. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“What a mystery we are to ourselves, even as we go on, learning more, sorting it out a little. The further on… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Elphaba looked like something between an animal and an Animal, like something more than life but not quite Life. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“It's just that that was such a wonderful time, even in its strangeness and sadness-and life isn't the same now. It's wonderful,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
No wonder Wonderland isn't funny to read anymore: We live there full time. We need a break from it. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“What the hell are you doing up there?' So he slipped, of course, because he was startled, and because fate, having been… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
And of the Witch? In the life of a Witch, there is no "after", in the "ever after" of a Witch there… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“By so giving up, of course, it renews itself- that is the secret” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Forgive us our trespasses," says Margarethe, "and get out of our way. — 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 Image
“Very few things in the world are certain, but morning is one of them.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
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 Image
“I care as much as I can, but I don’t spend energy caring about things I cannot resolve.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
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 Image
“At its most elemental, a spell is no more than a recipe for change.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
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 Image
