“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
To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“In her time Nor Tigelaar had faced insurrectionists and collaborationists and war profiteers. She'd endured abduction and prison and self-mutilation. She'd sold… — 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
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
Light will blind us in time, but what we learn in the dark can see us through. — 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
“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
“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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
“Death might be the only way forward for someone. Or it might seem so at the time” — 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
