Gregory Maguire Quotes

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“Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.”

“Wrong takes an awful long time to be proven, in my experience.”

“When the times are a crucible, when the air is full of crisis, those who are the most themselves are the victims.”

“Well, the family always was bright, and brightness, as you know, decays brilliantly.”

“I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.”

“Not an ugly color, Nanny thought. Just not a human color.”

“Elphaba looked like something between an animal and an Animal, like something more than life but not quite Life.”

“Her sister's shoes. They sparkeled even in the darkening afternoon. They sparkeled like yellow diamonds, and embers of blood and thorny stars.”

“Of course. You get everything from books.”

“Perhaps family itself, like beauty, is temporary, and no discredit need attach to impermanence.”

“Don't wish,"said Rain, "don't start. Wishing only…”

“Begging your pardon, sir…. One population can't make peace with another by force.”

“That's all I want- to do no harm.”

“I am a forgettable leaf on a tree.”

“And there the wicked witch stayed for a long long time.'
Did she ever come out?'
Not yet.”