Gregory Maguire Quotes

“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, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Why should I keep myself so safe?” he asked her, but he was almost asking himself. What is there in my life worth preserving? With a good wife back there in the mountains, serviceable as an old spoon, dry in the heart from having been scared of marriage since she was six? With three children so shy of their father, the Prince of the Arjikis, that they will hardly come near him? With a careworn clan moving here, moving there, going through th same disputes, herding the same herds, as thy have done for five hundred years? And me, with a shallow and undirected mind, no artfulness in word or habit, no especial kindness toward the world? What is there that makes my life worth preserving?

“I love you,” said Elphaba.

“So that’s that then, and that’s it,” he answered her and himself. “And I love you. So I promise to be careful.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“People who claim that they’re evil are usually no worse than the rest of us. It’s the people who claim that they’re good, or anyway better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of. - Boq (WICKED)”
― Gregory Maguire

“People who claim they’re evil are usually no worse than the rest of us. It’s the 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

“One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her- is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?”
― Gregory Maguire

“Come what may and hell to pay.”
― Gregory Maguire

“La gente que dice ser malvada no suele ser peor que el resto de nosotros -suspiró-. Pero la gente que dice ser buena, o mejor que los demás en algún aspecto, esa gente sí que es peligrosa.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“- E tu? - Perguntou o Espantalho ao Lenhador de Lata,
- O que farei se ganhar um coração? - Zombou este. - Despedaçá-lo-ei constantemente, suponho.”
― Gregory Maguire, Son of a Witch

“But he found himself rounding syllables like stones in his mouth, silently. He knew he was shy, and thought to be stupid; he was beginning to suspect, thought, that he wasn't stupid. Perhaps not even slow. Merely uneducated. But not, he hoped, uneducable.”
― Gregory Maguire

“All tyrants were harsh, but fire was more ungovernable than most.”
― Gregory Maguire

“He set out once more, with a sense that his life would be rich in setting outs, and perhaps poorer in homecomings.”
― Gregory Maguire

“Good gracious, dear, all of life is a spell. You know that.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“A world emerging, daily, out of nothing, a world that we trust to resemble what we've seen previously. We should know better.”
― Gregory Maguire, After Alice

“El cuerpo pide disculpas al alma por sus errores, y el alma pide perdón al cuerpo por ocuparlo sin haber sido invitada.”
― Gregory Maguire

“Le malheur est l'issue naturelle de la vie, et pourtant nous continuons à faire des bébés.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Dis-moi de me mêler de ce qui me regarde, dis-moi d'aller me faire foutre, vas-y, dis-le moi, mais ne me dit pas "tout va bien".”
― Gregory McGuire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Peut-être chaque groupe humain accidentellement réuni connait-il une période de grâce, entre la timidité et les préjugés du début, et l'écoeurement de la trahison de la fin.”
― Gregory McGuire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Les mourants essaient souvent de déchiffrer, au tout dernier moment, l'énigme de leurs vies. Vain effort, bien sûr.”
― Gregory McGuire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Je réfléchis toujours, mais je ne ressens jamais rien, et je ne vis jamais rien, gémit Boq. Je ne peux pas vivre, une fois de temps en temps ? Rien qu'une fois ? Je suis petit mais je ne suis pas un bébé, Elphie !”
― Gregory McGuire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Je n'utilise jamais le mot "humaniste" ou "humanitaire", car il me semble qu'être humain, c'est être capable des pires crimes de la nature.”
― Gregory McGuire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Surtout Fieyero voulait marcher dans les rues de la Cité d'Emeraude avec Elphaba - il n'existait aucun endroit plus beau pour être amoureux, en particulier au crépuscule quand les boutiques allumaient leurs lumières dorées sur le ciel vespéral mauve bleuté. Fieyro n'avait jamais été amoureux avant, il s'en rendait compte à présent. Il se sentait plein de crainte et d'humilité. Quand leur séparation forcée durait quatre ou cinq jours, il ne le supportait pas.”
― Gregory McGuire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Voilà pourquoi il ne faut pas tomber amoureux, ça rend aveugle. L'amour est une vilaine source de distraction.”
― Gregory McGuire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Les femmes sont plus faibles, mais leur faiblesse est pleine de ruses et de certitudes morales tout aussi rigides. Comme leur arène est plus réduite, leur capacité destructrice réelle est moins inquiétante, mais comme elle sont plus intimes, elles sont plus fourbes.”
― Gregory McGuire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Elphie se dit : qu'elles sottes créatures que ces enfants - d'une sottise gênante - qui n'arrêtent pas de changer, par honte, par besoin d'être aimé, ou que sais-je encore. Les animaux, eux, sont nés comme ils sont, l'acceptent, et c'est tout. Ils vivent plus sereinement que les gens.”
― Gregory McGuire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West