Natalie

“Within a few moments the last of day became the first of night, a magic as peculiar and welcome as any other.”
― Gregory Maguire

“It is very difficult to make one's way in this world without being wicked at one time or another, when the world's way is so wicked to begin with.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Everyone has a right to love the land that gave them the things they need to live. It gives them beauty to look at, and food to eat, and neighbors to bicker with and then eventually to marry. But I think... that your own devotion to your familiar homeland should inspire you to allow other people to embrace their homelands as beautiful too.”
― Gregory Maguire, Out of Oz

“It’s the age of daring. It’s the only time we have. We must live in the present. We are young and alive.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West