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“I never use the words "humanist" or "humanitarian", as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous crimes in nature.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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“People who claim that they’re evil are usually no worse than the rest of us.” He sighed. “It’s people who claim that they’re good, or anyway better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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“It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: bilbo, book-1, chapter-1, gandalf, lord-of-the-rings, precious, ring

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“Her head had turned quickly away...Not to hide her tears but to soften the fact of their absence.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

tags: crying, hiding-feelings, hiding-tears, not-crying, obsence-of-tears, tears

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

tags: religion

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