“Small steps to the madhouse still get us there at last” StillsLastsStepsSmall StepsMadhouses Author:Gregory Maguire
“Before catechisms can instill a proper humility, small children know the truth that their own existence has caused the world to bloom into being.” KnowsWorldChildrenExistenceHumilitySmall ChildInstillCatechism Book:Mirror Mirror: A Novel Source: Mirror Mirror: A Novel
“No one survives in times of war unless they make war their home. How did I get so old and wise, but for welcoming war into my house and making friends with him? Better to befriend the enemy and hang on. Something worse might come along, which might be amusing or might not.” WarHomeMightHouseEnemyWiseWelcomeAmusingMaking FriendsOld And Wise Book:Mirror Mirror: A Novel Source: Mirror Mirror: A Novel
“I'm not a writer because I want to make money. I'm a writer because I'm a very slow thinker, but I do care about thinking, and the only way I know how to think with any kind of finesse is by telling stories.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantKindStoriesCareKnow HowMaking MoneyThinkerTelling StoriesFinesseI Do Care Author:Gregory Maguire
“Speaking uses us up, speeds us up. Without prayer, that act of confession for merely existing, one might live forever and not know it.” KnowsUseMightPrayerForeverSpeedConfessionLive ForeverMerely Existing Book:Mirror Mirror: A Novel Source: Mirror Mirror: A Novel
