I wouldn't mind leaving myself behind if I could, but I don't know the way out. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“But so often, before words can rise to the mind to imply the ineffable, the ineffable has effed off.” — 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
“I wouldn't mind leaving myself behind if I could, buy I don't know the way out.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“O beautiful, to make escape And leave this world behind. Had I to stay another day I'd lose my fucking mind...” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
The momentum of the mind can be vexingly, involuntarily capricious. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
But his face had that hollow look, as if there was something gone... you know that look. The inward focus. Distantly attentive… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“What no one tells the young is to be careful of their childhoods. The memories from those days are the most compelling… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Hello, this is I, and these are my arms and legs, which are useful, and this inconvenient hump is my sorrow, which… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
My job is to protect you, Lady Glinda even if you are loosing your mind. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“I was quite a looker in my time," she said. Was she reading his mind, or only being smart, to know she… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
A male usually had made up his mind before you began to talk to him -so why bother?- but a female, because… — 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
