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• I had written childrens books for 14 years before I published Wicked. And none of them were poorly reviewed, and none of them sold enough for me to be able to buy a bed.

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  Book, Years, Wicked

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• The sweet accident of coincidence is the best foundation on which to build.

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  Sweet, Foundation, Coincidence

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• at least i'm talkng to myself. instead of giving myself the cold shoulder

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  Giving, Cold, Shoulders

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• Well, the family always was bright, and brightness, as you know, decays brilliantly.

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  Decay, Brightness, Wells

  Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.122, Harper Collins

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• The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveler knows that the novel world about her serves as the most appropriate accessory.

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  Accessories, World, Traveler

  Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.73, Harper Collins

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• It's the endlessly thinking about yourself that causes such heart shame.

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  Heart, Thinking, Causes

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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 hate New Year's Eve. One more chance to remember that you haven't yet done what you wanted. And to pretend it doesn't matter.

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  New Year, Hate, Years

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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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• That's the real power of art, I think. Not to chide but to provoke challenge. Otherwise why bother?

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  Art, Real, Thinking

  Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.86, Harper Collins

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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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• The world unwraps itself to you, again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew.

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  World, You Again, Ready

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• The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace.

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  Evil, Support, World

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• Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.

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  Stars, Destiny, Remember

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• I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

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  Mean, Shoes, Wicked

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• Indeed, she often wondered if she were dead, or dying from the inside out, and that was the root of her calm, the reason she could surrender her character.

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  Character, Roots, Dying

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• Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes, if they're wise, how to use their anxiety to serve the public good.

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  Wise, People, Anxiety

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• One plus one equals both.

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  Life, Plus

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• Of course. You get everything from books.

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  Book, Courses

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• No, she wasn't losing language. She was choking on it.

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  Losing, Language, Choke

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• I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.

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  Hate, Trouble, Scarecrow

  Gregory Maguire (2009). “Son of a Witch: Volume Two in The Wicked Years”, p.36, Harper Collins

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• Immortality is a chancy thing; it cannot be promised or earned. Perhaps it cannot even be identified for what it is.

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  Immortality

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• It appears history is going to keep happening, despite our hopes for retirement.

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  Retirement, Retiring, Despite

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• Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.

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  Mind, Care, Approval

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• It was deliciously pagan.

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  Pagan

  Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.79, Harper Collins

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