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-

Are you the dart?" he said. "Are you the knife? The fuse?" She said (though he wasn't convinced): "My deane, my poppet, I am too green to walk into a public place and do something bad.

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

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.

We only have babies when we're young enough not to know how grim life turns out.

No wonder Wonderland isn't funny to read anymore: We live there full time. We need a break from it.

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.