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Famous Gregory Maguire Quotes
“So let my hands and my face make their way in this world, let my hungry eyes see, my tongue taste.”
“He knew about being alone. The weather was always cold there.”
“So he stalked her again. Love makes hunters of us all.”
“Just my luck, if I believed in luck. I only believe in the opposite of luck, whatever that is.”
“Begging your pardon, sir....One population can't make peace with another by force.”
“I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.”
“Always the bridesmaid , never the bride." Always the godfather, never the god".”
“The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness.”
“There was much to hate in this world and too much to love.”
“Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.”
“And there the wicked witch stayed for a long long time.' Did she ever come out?' Not yet.”
“Well, the family always was bright, and brightness, as you know, decays brilliantly.”
“Oh now that's a blueprint for an impossibly rosy future”
“Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face.”
“No," she cried, "no, no, I'm not a harem, I'm not a woman, I'm not a person, no.”
“It isn't whether you do it well or ill, it's that you do it all.”