We start out in identical perfection: bright, reflective, full of sun. The accident of our lives bruises us into dirty individuality. We meet with grief. Our character dulls and tarnishes. We meet with guilt. We know, we know: the price of living is corruption. There isnโt as much light as there once was. In the grave we lapse back into undifferentiated sameness
Gregory MaguireSorrow has a name, and its name is loneliness. Sorrow has a shape, and its shape is absence. Sorrow is a sickness like any other.
Gregory MaguireSpeaking uses us up, speeds us up. Without prayer, that act of confession for merely existing, one might live forever and not know it.
Gregory MaguireYou'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-
Gregory MaguireI take responsibility only for the future, not the past. The past can't hurt you the way the future can.
Gregory Maguire