It's been a long rocky life, with plenty of possibility but too much human ugliness.

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 of youth. She reasoned that because she was beautiful she was significant, though what she signified, and to whom, was not clear yet...She was, after all, on her way to Shiz because she was smart.
But there was more than one way to be smart.

Gregory Maguire

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To grow a melody?"
"You can't grow a melody on purpose,” she said, and slyly added, “you have to plant an accidental.

Gregory Maguire

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I take all the credit in the world for my own foolishness.

Gregory Maguire

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Every choice brings wisdom in its wake. If you got to have the wisdom first, it wouldn't be a choice--just policy

Gregory Maguire


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They'd never been lovers, of course, not in the physical sense. But they'd been lovers as most of us manage, loving through expressions and gestures and the palm set softly upon the bruise at the necessary moment. Lovers by inclination rather than by lust. Lovers, that is, by love.

Gregory Maguire

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Your transparency is just another one of your disguises, isn't it?

Gregory Maguire

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I've told you before, I don't comprehend religion, although conviction is a concept I'm beginning to get. In any case, someone with a real religious conviction is, I propose, a religious convict, and deserves locking up.

Gregory Maguire

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Tarde o temprano, a todos nos alcanza el rayo.

Gregory Maguire


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Öyle insansever, hayırsever gibi sözcükler kullanmam ben. Bence insan olmak demek tabiatta işlenebilecek en iğrenç cinayetleri işlemeye muktedir olmak demektir.

Gregory Maguire


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