“What’s missing from the literature of our species are the stories of the peasants. The filthy illiterate. Those with no firm address, no surname. No one to impress, nothing to lose. But the poor tell stories, too.” StoriesLiteratureBooksPoor PeopleNutcrackerStories Of People Book:Hiddensee Source: Hiddensee
“The story of Mirror Mirror is in many ways a story about evolution. Its about the evolution of a child into an adult. Its about the evolution of those dwarves into something a little less rock-like, a little more humanoid. Its about the evolution of history, too, from the darkness of the Middle Ages into the light of the Age of Reason.” WayChildrenLittlesReasonStoriesLightAgeDarknessMiddleRocksEvolutionAdultsMirrorsMiddle AgesDwarvesAge Of Reason Author:Gregory Maguire
“And of the Witch? In the life of a Witch, there is no "after", in the "ever after" of a Witch there is no "happily"; in the story of a Witch, there is no afterword. Of that part that is beyond the life story, beyond the story of the life, there is-alas, or perhaps thank mercy-no telling. She was dead, dead, and gone, and all that was left of her was the carapace of her reputation for malice.” StoriesLeftGoneMercyReputationWickedWitchAlasMaliceEver AfterLife StoryWicked WitchWicked Witch Of The West Author:Gregory Maguire
“It’s the place of the story, beginning here, in the meadow of late summer flowers, thriving before the Atlantic storms drive wet and winter upon them all.” StoriesFlowerLateSummerWinterStormWetMeadowsSummer FlowerLate Summer Book:Confessions Of An Ugly Stepsister: A Novel Source: Confessions Of An Ugly Stepsister: A Novel
“It may merely be apocryphal that when the Wizard saw the glass bottle he gasped, and clutched his heart. The story is told in so many ways, depending on who is doing the telling, and what needs to be heard at the time. It is a matter of history, however, that shortly thereafter, the Wizard absconded from the Palace. He left in the way he had first arrived-- a hot-air balloon-- just a few hours before seditious ministers were to lead a Palace revolt and to hold an execution without trial.” WayNeedsFirstsHeartMayMatterStoriesLeftHoursSawsHeardAirHotGlassesTrialsMinistersBottlesExecutionWizardsPalacesRevoltBalloonsHot AirAir BalloonsHot Air Balloons Author:Gregory Maguire
“So she listened hard. And she began to evolve, because stories work their magic that way. They build conviction and erode conviction in equal measure.” WayHardStoriesMagicEqualConvictionEvolveErode Book:What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy Source: What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
“...What is the use of beauty? i have lived my life surrounded by painters, and still I do not know the answer. But i suspect, some days, that beauty helps protect the spirit of mankind, swaddle it and succor it, so that we might survive. Beauty is no end in itself, but if it makes or lives less miserable so that we might be more kind-well, then, lets have beauty, painted on our porcelain, hanging on our walls, ringing through our stories.” IfsKnowsWellsKindStillsEndsHelpingStoriesUseMightSpiritAnswersMankindWallProtectPainterMiserableSuspectsHanging OnPorcelain Author:Gregory Maguire
“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
