That's all I want- to do no harm.

Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face.

If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.

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

Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside; it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.~Candle

The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance; some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase.

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-