To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies. Gregory Maguire More Quotes by Gregory Maguire More Quotes From Gregory Maguire Okay let's get this over with, no I'm not seasick, yes I've always been green, No I didn't eat grass as a child. Gregory Maguire wicked green children Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless youre really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful. Gregory Maguire intelligent mirrors interesting Speaking uses us up, speeds us up. Without prayer, that act of confession for merely existing, one might live forever and not know it. Gregory Maguire use prayer forever It's the work that's important, not the individual who does it. Gregory Maguire individual important doe quoting reminds me there are other people in the world besides only me. And other thoughts besides mine, and other ways of thinking. Gregory Maguire people world thinking Indeed, she often wondered if she were dead, or dying from the inside out, and that was the root of her calm, the reason she could surrender her character. Gregory Maguire dying roots character at least i'm talkng to myself. instead of giving myself the cold shoulder Gregory Maguire shoulders cold giving Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery. Gregory Maguire mystery accepting understanding People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of. Gregory Maguire fake-people evil way 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. Gregory Maguire scarecrow hate trouble Of course. You get everything from books. Gregory Maguire courses book Birds know themselves not to be at the center of anything, but at the margins of everything. The end of the map. We only live where someone's horizon sweeps someone else's. We are only noticed on the edge of things; but on the edge of things, we notice much. Gregory Maguire maps horizon bird I had written childrens books for 14 years before I published Wicked. And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of them sold enough for me to be able to buy a bed. Gregory Maguire wicked book years You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give up. She leaned her head back on the velvet cushions of the swing and said, 'Boq, you know despite myself I think you're a little sweet. You're a little sweet and you're a little charming and you're a little maddening and you're a little habit-forming.' Boq held his breath. But you're little!' she concluded. 'You're a Munchkin, for god's sake!' He kissed her, he kissed her, he kissed her, little by little by little. Gregory Maguire giving-up sweet thinking Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without. Gregory Maguire care approval mind It’s the place of the story, beginning here, in the meadow of late summer flowers, thriving before the Atlantic storms drive wet and winter upon them all. Gregory Maguire flower summer winter It isn’t hard to find evil in this world. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow. Gregory Maguire this-world evil world The body apologizes to the soul for its errors, and the soul asks forgiveness for squatting in the body without invitation. Gregory Maguire errors body soul Immortality is a chancy thing; it cannot be promised or earned. Perhaps it cannot even be identified for what it is. Gregory Maguire immortality I like to think Im a pretty good-natured guy and pretty civil and probably not ever truly guilty in any serious way of any legal infractions. Gregory Maguire guy way thinking
