To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies. — 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
“One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her-is it ever the right choice?” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Your transparency is just another one of your disguises, isn't it?” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Isn't that funny, that deity is passe but the attributes and implications of deity linger--” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“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
“For one short wet month early in the next year the drought lifted. Spring tipped in like green well water frothing at… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
I had written children's books for 14 years before I published 'Wicked.' And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“I like the sound of words, but I don't ever really expect my slow, slanted impression of the world to change by… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“[after discussion about what evil is, a question asked to Elphaba on why she killed Madame Morrible] "Why did you do it?"… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbearable contract… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“People who claim that they’re evil are usually no worse than the rest of us. It’s the people who claim that they’re… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
I had written childrens books for 14 years before I published Wicked. And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her~is it ever the right choice?… — 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
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
People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West,… — 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
We are loping sequences of chemical conversions, acting ourselves converted. We are twists of genes acting ourselves twisted; we are wicks of… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Galinda didn't see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection instead. She had the nearsightedness… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Why should I keep myself so safe?” he asked her, but he was almost asking himself. What is there in my life… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Surely there is the handful of nursery marchen that start, ‘Once in the middle of a forest lived an old witch’ or… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“One never knows how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her — is it ever the… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're… — 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
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
“I care as much as I can, but I don’t spend energy caring about things I cannot resolve.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
“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
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
I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered. — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
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
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
“Do good though, will you?" She blinked brightly at the green girl. "If not for your parents or your grandmother, then for me?” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
“You always had an eye for the fellow with a decent helping of sausage and hard-boiled eggs.” — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
“You need my help? What for? Bread, cash, a fake identity to help you slip sideways through the cracks? Tell me what you need,… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share
![“[after discussion about what evil is, a question asked to Elphaba on why she killed Madame Morrible] "Why did you do it?" asked the hostess with spirit. The Witch shrugged. "For fun? Maybe evil is an art form.” quote by Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/gregory-maguire-547_art-form_after-discussion-about-what-evil-is-a-qu_2190643.png)
