--- title: "20 Way Quotes By Gregory Maguire" description: "20 Way quotes by Gregory Maguire. Plus more from Gregory Maguire and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/gregory-maguire-547_people_quoting-reminds-me-there-are-other-peopl_1427391.png" --- > [quoting reminds me there are other people in the world besides only me. And other thoughts besides mine, and other ways of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/quoting-reminds-me-there-are-other-people-in-the-world-besides-only/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cc/gregory-maguire-547_people_quoting-reminds-me-there-are-other-peopl_1427391.png) > [I take responsibility only for the future, not the past. The past can't hurt you the way the future can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-take-responsibility-only-for-the-future-not-the-past-the-past-can-t/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/gregory-maguire-547_future_i-take-responsibility-only-for-the-futur_2961724.png) > [Forgive us our trespasses," says Margarethe, "and get out of our way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/forgive-us-our-trespasses-says-margarethe-and-get-out-of-our-way/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79c/gregory-maguire-547_forgive_forgive-us-our-trespasses-says-margareth_4820.png) > [The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance; some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/the-future-reshapes-the-memory-of-the-past-in-the-way-it-recalibrates/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/584/gregory-maguire-547_episodes_the-future-reshapes-the-memory-of-the-pa_2872182.png) > [So let my hands and my face make their way in this world, let my hungry eyes see, my tongue taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/so-let-my-hands-and-my-face-make-their-way-in-this-world-let-my/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/gregory-maguire-547_eye_so-let-my-hands-and-my-face-make-their-w_881450.png) > [I wouldn't mind leaving myself behind if I could, but I don't know the way out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-wouldn-t-mind-leaving-myself-behind-if-i-could-but-i-don-t-know-the/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/gregory-maguire-547_behinds_i-wouldn-t-mind-leaving-myself-behind-if_504517.png) > [If one could drown in the grass, thought Elphie, that might be the best way to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/if-one-could-drown-in-the-grass-thought-elphie-that-might-be-the-best/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/gregory-maguire-547_being-the-best_if-one-could-drown-in-the-grass-thought_1062281.png) > [There were more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/there-were-more-ways-to-live-than-the-ones-given-by-one-s-superiors/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b8/gregory-maguire-547_given_there-were-more-ways-to-live-than-the-on_2337678.png) > [I like to think I'm a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-like-to-think-i-m-a-pretty-good-natured-guy-and-pretty-civil-and/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe7/gregory-maguire-547_any_i-like-to-think-i-m-a-pretty-good-nature_1436717.png) > [... the decades looked on and didn't notice her passing. They stared from their fixed mounts across at each other and didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/the-decades-looked-on-and-didn-t-notice-her-passing-they-stared-from/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d78/gregory-maguire-547_destiny_the-decades-looked-on-and-didn-t-notice_274985.png) > [She dropped her shyness like a nightgown, and in the liquid glare of sunlight on old boards she held up her hands-as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/she-dropped-her-shyness-like-a-nightgown-and-in-the-liquid-glare-of/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/gregory-maguire-547_beautiful_she-dropped-her-shyness-like-a-nightgown_2317132.jpg) > [So she listened hard. And she began to evolve, because stories work their magic that way. They build conviction and erode conviction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/so-she-listened-hard-and-she-began-to-evolve-because-stories-work/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c9/gregory-maguire-547_conviction_so-she-listened-hard-and-she-began-to-ev_1995115.png) > [Starlight and comet tails burned the tips of endless grass below into hammered silver. Like thousands of tapers in the chapel, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/starlight-and-comet-tails-burned-the-tips-of-endless-grass-below-into/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb4/gregory-maguire-547_being-the-best_starlight-and-comet-tails-burned-the-tip_1771186.png) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/people-who-claim-that-they-re-evil-are-usually-no-worse-than-the-rest/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/gregory-maguire-547_claims_people-who-claim-that-they-re-evil-are-u_501078.png) > [I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-m-not-a-writer-because-i-want-to-make-money-i-m-a-writer-because-i/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe3/gregory-maguire-547_care_i-m-not-a-writer-because-i-want-to-make_553462.png) > [She's sent the crows out to blind the guests coming for dinner!" What?" She's BLINDING THE GUESTS COMING FOR DINNER!" Well, that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/she-s-sent-the-crows-out-to-blind-the-guests-coming-for-dinner-what/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/gregory-maguire-547_blind_she-s-sent-the-crows-out-to-blind-the-gu_2350155.png) > [It may merely be apocryphal that when the Wizard saw the glass bottle he gasped, and clutched his heart. The story is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/it-may-merely-be-apocryphal-that-when-the-wizard-saw-the-glass-bottle/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/gregory-maguire-547_air_it-may-merely-be-apocryphal-that-when-th_708981.jpg) > [The story of 'Mirror Mirror' is in many ways a story about evolution. It's about the evolution of a child into an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/the-story-of-mirror-mirror-is-in-many-ways-a-story-about-evolution-it/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/gregory-maguire-547_about_the-story-of-mirror-mirror-is-in-many-wa_181501.png) > [A capacity for inferiority in the growing adult is threatened by the temptation by squander that capacity ruthlessly, to revel in hallowness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/a-capacity-for-inferiority-in-the-growing-adult-is-threatened-by-the/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/gregory-maguire-547_adults_a-capacity-for-inferiority-in-the-growin_1466567.png) > [Elena had always felt like the center of her own world - who doesn't? The world arranged itself around her like petals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/elena-had-always-felt-like-the-center-of-her-own-world-who-doesn-t/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbd/gregory-maguire-547_balanced_elena-had-always-felt-like-the-center-of_2874071.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Gregory Maguire > [“By so giving up, of course, it renews itself- that is the secret”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/by-so-giving-up-of-course-it-renews-itself-that-is-the-secret/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [Forgive us our trespasses," says Margarethe, "and get out of our way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/forgive-us-our-trespasses-says-margarethe-and-get-out-of-our-way/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [“There are two kinds of anger: hot and cold. Boys and girls experience both, but as they grow up the anger separates according to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/there-are-two-kinds-of-anger-hot-and-cold-boys-and-girls-experience/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [“Very few things in the world are certain, but morning is one of them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/very-few-things-in-the-world-are-certain-but-morning-is-one-of-them/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [No one survives in times of war unless they make war their home. How did I get so old and wise, but for welcoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/no-one-survives-in-times-of-war-unless-they-make-war-their-home-how/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [“I care as much as I can, but I don’t spend energy caring about things I cannot resolve.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-care-as-much-as-i-can-but-i-don-t-spend-energy-caring-about-things/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [“How many times in a life, he thought, will I lie down in a darkness whose character I cannot imagine, to see what daybreak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/how-many-times-in-a-life-he-thought-will-i-lie-down-in-a-darkness/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/old-flossie-settle-down-on-the-other-side-of-what-the-dickens-and/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-shall-pray-for-your-soul-promised-nessarose-i-shall-wait-for-your/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/my-first-job-was-scooping-ice-cream-at-friendly-s-in-albany-new-york/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [“At its most elemental, a spell is no more than a recipe for change.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/at-its-most-elemental-a-spell-is-no-more-than-a-recipe-for-change/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-write-because-i-admire-the-act-of-rationalization-of-seeking/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [“Do good though, will you?" She blinked brightly at the green girl. "If not for your parents or your grandmother, then for me?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/do-good-though-will-you-she-blinked-brightly-at-the-green-girl-if-not/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [“You always had an eye for the fellow with a decent helping of sausage and hard-boiled eggs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/you-always-had-an-eye-for-the-fellow-with-a-decent-helping-of-sausage/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) > [“You need my help? What for? Bread, cash, a fake identity to help you slip sideways through the cracks? Tell me what you need,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/you-need-my-help-what-for-bread-cash-a-fake-identity-to-help-you-slip/) [Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/gregory-maguire/#itemlist", "name": "20 Way Quotes By Gregory Maguire", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "quoting reminds me there are other people in the world besides only me. 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