Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life. Gregory Maguire More Quotes by Gregory Maguire More Quotes From Gregory Maguire How deeply bound by cords of family anger we all are[...]None of us breaks free. Gregory Maguire cordsboundsbreak The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveler knows that the novel world about her serves as the most appropriate accessory. Gregory Maguire accessoriestravelerworld Everyone dies. It's a question of where and how, that's all. Gregory Maguire dies No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice. Gregory Maguire worstdestinychoices There may be no city in the clouds, but dreaming of it can enliven the spirit. Gregory Maguire citiesdreamclouds Evil is an act, not an appetite. How many haven't wanted to slash the throat of some boor across the dining room table? Present company excepted of course. Everyone has the appetite. If you give in to it, it, that act is evil. The appetite is normal. Gregory Maguire normalevilgiving That's all I want- to do no harm. Gregory Maguire harmwant She watched the sun bleed water out of the icicle. Warm and cold working together to make an icicle. Warm and cold anger working together to make a fury, a fury worthy enough to use as a weapon against the old things that still needed fighting. Gregory Maguire old-thingsfightingwater Before you save anyone else, you have to save yourself. otherwise, you'rejust a bundle of tics, a stringed puppet manipulated by the chance and the insensible wind. Gregory Maguire puppetschancewind Behold the male beast roaring in the jungle for his mate," said Elphaba. "See how the female beast giggles behind a shrub while she organizes her face to say, Pardon dear, did you say something? Gregory Maguire roaringmalesfemale How poetic you are," she said. "I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception. Gregory Maguire poeticdeceptionself You're fun to look at," decided Galinda. Boq's face fell. "Fun?" he said. I'd give a lot to achieve fun," Elphaba said. "The best I usually hope for is stirring, and when people say that they're usually referring to digestion- Gregory Maguire fungivingpeople Doubt was much more energy efficient than conviction. Gregory Maguire convictionenergydoubt The melody faded like a rainbow after a storm, or like winds calming down at last; and what was left was calm, and possibility, and relief. Gregory Maguire stormrainbowwind It isn't whether you do it well or ill, it's that you do it all. Gregory Maguire wellsill Are you the dart?" he said. "Are you the knife? The fuse?" She said (though he wasn't convinced): "My deane, my poppet, I am too green to walk into a public place and do something bad. Gregory Maguire knivesgreensaid No," she cried, "no, no, I'm not a harem, I'm not a woman, I'm not a person, no. Gregory Maguire haremcriedpersons Forget us, forget us all, it makes no difference now, but don't forget we loved it when we were alive. Gregory Maguire differencesaliveforget She assumes that skill will guide her fingertips, that shapely lines will uncoil out of the pencil the moment she starts. Surely talent is a thing curled deep inside, just waiting to be exercised, and at the slightest invitation it will stretch, shake itself, make itself known? Talent, it seems, is not so insistent. Gregory Maguire linesskillswaiting Elphaba looked like something between an animal and an Animal, like something more than life but not quite Life. Gregory Maguire elphabalike-somethinganimal