Elphaba looked like something between an animal and an Animal, like something more than life but not quite Life.

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

The truth isn't a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on.

We only have babies when we're young enough not to know how grim life turns out. Once we really get the full measure of it--we're slow learners, we women--we dry up in disgust and sensibly halt production.

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

You're fun to look at," decided Galinda. Boq's face fell. "Fun?" he said. I'd give a lot to achieve fun," Elphaba said. "The best I usually hope for is stirring, and when people say that they're usually referring to digestion-

Forget us, forget us all, it makes no difference now, but don't forget we loved it when we were alive.