Confessions
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when you tell a young person something with all the authority of a teacher, you actually risk amplifying the trouble. I began to feel that there was nothing more self-indulgent and foolish than forcing my opinions on my students.
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“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 anyway better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“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.”
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception.”
― The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked / Son of a Witch / Out of Oz / A Lion Among Men: A Special Collection of the Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture—Now Streaming
― The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked / Son of a Witch / Out of Oz / A Lion Among Men: A Special Collection of the Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture—Now Streaming
“I know this: The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness.”
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“I will state that ambition without ability is the greatest evil in the world. It ever fathers monstrous crimes against mankind.”
― The Life of Herod the Great
― The Life of Herod the Great
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