“And there the wicked old witch stayed for a good long time... And did she ever come out? ... Not yet.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
And there the wicked witch stayed for a long long time.' Did she ever come out?' Not yet. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“We are the next thing the Time Dragon is dreaming, and nothing to be done about it.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“When the times are a crucible, when the air is full of crisis,” she said, “those who are the most themselves are… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Frex had a notion that she wasn’t sorry to see him go off from time to time, so that she could be… — 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… — 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
“Within a few moments the last of day became the first of night, a magic as peculiar and welcome as any other.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery, she said to herself, not for the first time. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Skibbereen have a hard time at [math]; the best that the smartest of them can do with adding two plus two is… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“The beauty of the day is the only thing that doesn't fade in time. Day after day, such beauty revives itself.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Animals in pens have lots of time to develop theories", said the Cow, "I've heard more than one clever creature draw a… — 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… — 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
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
“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
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
“As years pass, and the abundance of the future is depleted, the crux of old mistakes and the cost of old choices… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Chopin’s theme, a simple descending descant the first time round, articulated itself in the repeat with nuanced embellishment. It was music remembering… — 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
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
The answer of course, is that the clock isn't meant to measure earthly time, but the time of the soul. Redemption and… — 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
“Those times are over and gone, and good-riddance to them, too. We were hopelessly high-spirited. Now we're the thick-waisted generation, dragging along… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Your childhood," said Yackle coaxingly, as if she could smell his thoughts. As if she could sniff out those passages he hadn't… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
When the times are a crucible, when the air is full of crisis, those who are the most themselves are the victims. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“It’s the age of daring. It’s the only time we have. We must live in the present. We are young and alive.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Death might be the only way forward for someone. Or it might seem so at the time” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Light will blind us in time, but what we learn in the dark can see us through. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Given a long enough time, of course, a wide enough frame, there is nothing said or done, ever, that isn't ironic in… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
I take responsibility only for the future, not the past. The past can't hurt you the way the future can. — 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
The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance; some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“What more does one ask of life, really, but to stagger from moment to moment with a reason to wake and wait… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves as well. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“If the unlettered farmers of Munchkinland and the factory workers of Gillikin believe that their fate is being determined by how the… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“I came here to propose that we meet from time to time. That we meet as friends. That, free of expectations, we… — 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
![“Skibbereen have a hard time at [math]; the best that the smartest of them can do with adding two plus two is guessing: three plus one. Correct, sort of, but not always useful.” quote by Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/01a/gregory-maguire-547_guessing_skibbereen-have-a-hard-time-at-math-the_1028896.jpg)
