Skibbereen have a hard time at [math]; the best that the smartest of them can do with adding two plus two is guessing: three plus one. Correct, sort of, but not always useful. Gregory Maguire More Quotes by Gregory Maguire More Quotes From Gregory Maguire Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life. Gregory Maguire breathesecretremember Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be. Gregory Maguire writingbookfall Just my luck, if I believed in luck. I only believe in the opposite of luck, whatever that is. Gregory Maguire luckoppositesbelieve Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met Gregory Maguire reactionsmetsgrowth As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention. Gregory Maguire why-notlongpeople Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping. Gregory Maguire wake-upinsomniasleep The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say. Gregory Maguire shadowlighteye Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history. Gregory Maguire believe Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny. Gregory Maguire destinystarsremember I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered. Gregory Maguire shoessoulwaiting Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes, if they're wise, how to use their anxiety to serve the public good. Gregory Maguire anxietywisepeople Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face. Gregory Maguire guiltfacesworld The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace. Gregory Maguire supportevilworld I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go! Gregory Maguire wickedshoesmean One plus one equals both. Gregory Maguire pluslife No, she wasn't losing language. She was choking on it. Gregory Maguire chokelanguagelosing Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do. Gregory Maguire acceptinganimalpeople The world unwraps itself to you, again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew. Gregory Maguire you-againreadyworld The world rarely shrieks its meaning at you. It whispers, in private languages and obscure modalities, in arcane and quixotic imagery, through symbol systems in which every element has multiple meanings determined by juxtaposition. Gregory Maguire juxtapositionelementsworld There was much to hate in this world and too much to love. Gregory Maguire too-muchhateworld
