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title: "27 Wicked Quotes By Gregory Maguire"
description: "27 Wicked quotes by Gregory Maguire. Plus more from Gregory Maguire and more Wicked sayings from other authors."
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> [“Love makes hunters of us all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/love-makes-hunters-of-us-all/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“How truly novel. The emotional life of furniture. I never.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/how-truly-novel-the-emotional-life-of-furniture-i-never/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her-is it ever the right choice?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/one-never-learns-how-the-witch-became-wicked-or-whether-that-was-the/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“Your transparency is just another one of your disguises, isn't it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/your-transparency-is-just-another-one-of-your-disguises-isn-t-it/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/this-is-why-you-shouldn-t-fall-in-love-it-blinds-you-love-is-wicked/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/to-look-into-the-mirror-is-to-see-the-future-in-blood-and-rubies/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [And there the wicked witch stayed for a long long time.' Did she ever come out?' Not yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/and-there-the-wicked-witch-stayed-for-a-long-long-time-did-she-ever/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“And there the wicked old witch stayed for a good long time... And did she ever come out? ... Not yet.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/and-there-the-wicked-old-witch-stayed-for-a-good-long-time-and-did/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“Isn't that funny, that deity is passe but the attributes and implications of deity linger--”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/isn-t-that-funny-that-deity-is-passe-but-the-attributes-and/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [I had written childrens books for 14 years before I published Wicked. And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-had-written-childrens-books-for-14-years-before-i-published-wicked/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/people-who-claim-that-they-re-evil-are-usually-no-worse-than-the-rest-2/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“I like the sound of words, but I don't ever really expect my slow, slanted impression of the world to change by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-like-the-sound-of-words-but-i-don-t-ever-really-expect-my-slow/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [I had written children's books for 14 years before I published 'Wicked.' And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-had-written-children-s-books-for-14-years-before-i-published-wicked/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“For one short wet month early in the next year the drought lifted. Spring tipped in like green well water frothing at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/for-one-short-wet-month-early-in-the-next-year-the-drought-lifted/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbearable contract…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/staring-at-a-world-too-horrible-to-comprehend-believing-by-dint-of/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [ “\[after discussion about what evil is, a question asked to Elphaba on why she killed Madame Morrible\] "Why did you do it?"… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/after-discussion-about-what-evil-is-a-question-asked-to-elphaba-on/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“One never knows how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her — is it ever the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/one-never-knows-how-the-witch-became-wicked-or-whether-that-was-the/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/people-always-did-like-to-talk-didn-t-they-that-s-why-i-call-myself-a/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [And of the Witch? In the life of a Witch, there is no "after", in the "ever after" of a Witch there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/and-of-the-witch-in-the-life-of-a-witch-there-is-no-after-in-the-ever/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/in-her-time-nor-tigelaar-had-faced-insurrectionists-and/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [When I began 'Wicked', I really thought of it entirely as a one-off, as the English say. There was no intention that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/when-i-began-wicked-i-really-thought-of-it-entirely-as-a-one-off-as/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“Galinda didn't see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection instead. She had the nearsightedness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/galinda-didn-t-see-the-verdant-world-through-the-glass-of-the/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [We are loping sequences of chemical conversions, acting ourselves converted. We are twists of genes acting ourselves twisted; we are wicks of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/we-are-loping-sequences-of-chemical-conversions-acting-ourselves/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“Why should I keep myself so safe?” he asked her, but he was almost asking himself. What is there in my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/why-should-i-keep-myself-so-safe-he-asked-her-but-he-was-almost/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [“Surely there is the handful of nursery marchen that start, ‘Once in the middle of a forest lived an old witch’ or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/surely-there-is-the-handful-of-nursery-marchen-that-start-once-in-the/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/i-know-you-don-t-want-to-hear-this-but-someone-has-to-say-it-you-are/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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> [One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her~is it ever the right choice?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-maguire/one-never-learns-how-the-witch-became-wicked-or-whether-that-was-the-2/)

[Gregory Maguire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-maguire/)

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## Other authors on Wicked

## 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/)

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