More quotes by Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

"Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbearable contract of guilt and blame there is always an older contract that may bind and release in a more salutary way."
— Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Read More
"The world was floods above and fire below"
— Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Read More
"One never knows how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her — is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil? It is the very least question of definitions."
— Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Read More
"Staring at a world too horrible to comprehend, believing -- by dint of ignorance and innocence -- that beneath this unbearable contract of guilt and blame there is always an older contract that may bind and release in a more salutary way."
— Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Read More
"But she woke up just then, and in the moonlight covered herself with a blanket. She smiled at him drowsily and called him "Yero, my hero,"and that melted his heart."
— Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West Read More