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Gregory Maguire Quotes

No one is exempt from grief Picture Quote #1

Come what may and hell to pay Picture Quote #1

This is what fun is like, said Rain, almost to herself Picture Quote #1

Notice, notice; let noticing take the place of screaming Picture Quote #1

Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint Picture Quote #1

Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met Picture Quote #1

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To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies Picture Quote #1

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings Picture Quote #1

A male usually had made up his mind before you began to talk to him -so why bother?- but a female, because her mind was more supple, was always prepared to become more disappointed in you than she had yet suspected possible Picture Quote #1

Some said the original evil was the vacuum caused by the Fairy Queen Lurline leaving us alone here. When goodness removes itself, the space it occupies corrodes and becomes evil and maybe slpits apart and multiplies. So every evil thing is a sign of the absence of deity Picture Quote #1

People always did like to talk, didn’t they? That’s why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West, if you want the full glory of it. As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention Picture Quote #1

Those times are over and gone, and good riddance to them, too. We were hopelessly high-spirited. Now we’re the tick-waisted generation, dragging along our children behind us and carrying our parents on our backs. And we’re in charge, while the figures who used to command our respect are wasting away Picture Quote #1

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I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one’s understanding of the complexities of life, and I’m bad at it. I’m slow. Writing, which is an arduous and slow process, proceeds at the same rate as my sloth-like mind Picture Quote #1

The story of Mirror Mirror is in many ways a story about evolution. Its about the evolution of a child into an adult. Its about the evolution of those dwarves into something a little less rock-like, a little more humanoid. Its about the evolution of history, too, from the darkness of the Middle Ages into the light of the Age of Reason Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I was just about to begin writing Mirror Mirror, within about a week of it, when September 11, 2001 happened. I found myself incapable of caring about fiction-making for a number of months Picture Quote #1

Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you’re 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 Picture Quote #1

My first job was scooping ice cream at Friendly’s in Albany, New York. I hated the work, most of my colleagues, and the uniform, and I more or less lost my taste for ice cream permanently Picture Quote #1

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...No opening sermons concerning children with humps and fins for limbs, who nonetheless, immortal souls all, deserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happy Meals Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It’s the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It’s where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new Picture Quote #1

Your childhood, said Yackle coaxingly, as if she could smell his thoughts. As if she could sniff out those passages he hadn’t chosen to retail at drink parties. Her words lulled him. The past, even a bitter past, is usually more pungent than the present, or at least better organized in the mind Picture Quote #1

Her sister’s shoes. They sparkeled even in the darkening afternoon. They sparkeled like yellow diamonds, and embers of blood and thorny stars Picture Quote #1

...the reasons just reassemble themselves in different patterns every time I think about it Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

It isn’t hard to find evil in this world. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow Picture Quote #1

The truth isn’t a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on Picture Quote #1

Sometimes thought Liir-his first thought in weeks and weeks-sometimes I hate this marvelous land of ours. It’s so much like home, and then it holds out on you Picture Quote #1

Just follow that one road the whole time!... I hope they don’t get lost, I’m so bad at giving directions Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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No one is exempt from grief (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Come what may and hell to pay (Gregory Maguire Quotes) This is what fun is like, said Rain, almost to herself (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Notice, notice; let noticing take the place of screaming (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Children are wickeder than adults, they have no sense of restraint (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met (Gregory Maguire Quotes) To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies (Gregory Maguire Quotes) From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings (Gregory Maguire Quotes) A male usually had made up his mind before you began to talk to him -so why bother?- but a female, because her mind was more supple, was always prepared to become more disappointed in you than she had yet suspected possible (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Some said the original evil was the vacuum caused by the Fairy Queen Lurline leaving us alone here. When goodness removes itself, the space it occupies corrodes and becomes evil and maybe slpits apart and multiplies. So every evil thing is a sign of the absence of deity (Gregory Maguire Quotes) People always did like to talk, didn’t they? That’s why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West, if you want the full glory of it. As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Those times are over and gone, and good riddance to them, too. We were hopelessly high-spirited. Now we’re the tick-waisted generation, dragging along our children behind us and carrying our parents on our backs. And we’re in charge, while the figures who used to command our respect are wasting away (Gregory Maguire Quotes) I write because I admire the act of rationalization, of seeking clarity in one’s understanding of the complexities of life, and I’m bad at it. I’m slow. Writing, which is an arduous and slow process, proceeds at the same rate as my sloth-like mind (Gregory Maguire Quotes) The story of Mirror Mirror is in many ways a story about evolution. Its about the evolution of a child into an adult. Its about the evolution of those dwarves into something a little less rock-like, a little more humanoid. Its about the evolution of history, too, from the darkness of the Middle Ages into the light of the Age of Reason (Gregory Maguire Quotes) 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 Quotes) I was just about to begin writing Mirror Mirror, within about a week of it, when September 11, 2001 happened. I found myself incapable of caring about fiction-making for a number of months (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you’re 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 Quotes) My first job was scooping ice cream at Friendly’s in Albany, New York. I hated the work, most of my colleagues, and the uniform, and I more or less lost my taste for ice cream permanently (Gregory Maguire Quotes) ...No opening sermons concerning children with humps and fins for limbs, who nonetheless, immortal souls all, deserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happy Meals. (Gregory Maguire Quotes) 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 Quotes) It’s the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It’s where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new. (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Your childhood, said Yackle coaxingly, as if she could smell his thoughts. As if she could sniff out those passages he hadn’t chosen to retail at drink parties. Her words lulled him. The past, even a bitter past, is usually more pungent than the present, or at least better organized in the mind. (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Her sister’s shoes. They sparkeled even in the darkening afternoon. They sparkeled like yellow diamonds, and embers of blood and thorny stars. (Gregory Maguire Quotes) ...the reasons just reassemble themselves in different patterns every time I think about it. (Gregory Maguire Quotes) 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 Quotes) It isn’t hard to find evil in this world. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow. (Gregory Maguire Quotes) The truth isn’t a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on. (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Sometimes thought Liir-his first thought in weeks and weeks-sometimes I hate this marvelous land of ours. It’s so much like home, and then it holds out on you. (Gregory Maguire Quotes) Just follow that one road the whole time!... I hope they don’t get lost, I’m so bad at giving directions.. (Gregory Maguire Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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