Gregory Maguire Quotes

• La luz siempre atrae la mirada, pero las sombras tienen más que decir.

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  Eye, Light, Shadow

  Gregory Maguire (2009). “Mirror Mirror: A Novel”, p.2, Harper Collins

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• Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.

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  Secret, Remember, Breathe

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• El cuerpo se disculpa ante el alma por sus errores, y el alma pide perdón por acuclillarse en el cuerpo sin invitación.

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  Errores, Alma, Cuerpo

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• Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

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  Libro, Otoño, Escritura

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• Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

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  Creer

  "Fictional character: The Wizard". "Wicked", Broadway musical, 2003.

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• The world rarely shrieks its meaning at you. It whispers, in private languages and obscure modalities, in arcane and quixotic imagery, through symbol systems in which every element has multiple meanings determined by juxtaposition.

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  Elements, World, Juxtaposition

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• As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.

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  Long, People, Why Not

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• There was much to hate in this world and too much to love.

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  Hate, World, Too Much

  Gregory Maguire (2011). “Wicked”, p.247, Hachette UK

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• Birds know themselves not to be at the center of anything, but at the margins of everything. The end of the map. We only live where someone's horizon sweeps someone else's. We are only noticed on the edge of things; but on the edge of things, we notice much.

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  Bird, Horizon, Maps

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• Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do.

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  Animal, People, Accepting

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• Okay let's get this over with, no I'm not seasick, yes I've always been green, No I didn't eat grass as a child.

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  Children, Wicked, Green

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• I am a forgettable leaf on a tree.

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  Tree, Leafs, Forgettable

  Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.173, Harper Collins

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• Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met

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  Growth, Reactions, Mets

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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 any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.

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  Fake People, Evil, Way

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• Las citas me recuerdan que hay otras personas en el mundo además de sólo yo. Y otros pensamientos además del mío, y otras formas de pensar.

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  Pensamiento, Gente, Mundo

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• You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.' Galinda seemed to give up. She leaned her head back on the velvet cushions of the swing and said, 'Boq, you know despite myself I think you're a little sweet. You're a little sweet and you're a little charming and you're a little maddening and you're a little habit-forming.' Boq held his breath. But you're little!' she concluded. 'You're a Munchkin, for god's sake!' He kissed her, he kissed her, he kissed her, little by little by little.

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  Sweet, Giving Up, Thinking

  Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.115, Harper Collins

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• Just my luck, if I believed in luck. I only believe in the opposite of luck, whatever that is.

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  Believe, Opposites, Luck

  Gregory Maguire (2009). “A Lion Among Men: Volume Three in The Wicked Years”, p.25, Harper Collins

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• It isn’t hard to find evil in this world. Evil is always more easily imagined than good, somehow.

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  Evil, World, This World

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• Había escrito libros infantiles durante 14 años antes de publicar Wicked. Y ninguno de ellos tuvo malas críticas, y ninguno vendió lo suficiente como para que pudiera comprarme una cama.

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  Book, Years, Wicked

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• No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice.

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  Destiny, Choices, Worst

  Gregory Maguire (2011). “Wicked”, p.396, Hachette UK

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• Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless youre really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.

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  Intelligent, Mirrors, Interesting

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• I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.

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  Shoes, Waiting, Soul

  Gregory Maguire (2011). “Wicked”, p.351, Hachette UK

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• Why lock yourself in your own cage when someone is handing you a key?

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  Keys, Locks, Cages

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• Despertarse era una crueldad diaria, una afrenta, y ella lo evitaba no durmiendo.

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  Sleep, Insomnia, Wake Up

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• Parece que la historia va a seguir sucediendo, a pesar de nuestras esperanzas de jubilación.

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  Retirement, Retiring, Despite

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