There were more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors

Galinda didn't often stop to consider whether she believed in what she said or not; the whole point of conversations was flow.

However in the world did her skin come green?" Nanny wondered, stupidly, for Melena blanched and Frex reddened, and the baby held her breath as if trying to turn blue to please them all. Nanny had to slap her to make her breath again.

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

The thing about a mirror is this: The one who stares into it is condemned to consider the world from her own perspective.

She is no longer I, she is too long ago, she is only she.

[Puggles] "What population signs on willingly for slavery?" "You mean other than wives?" [Glinda]