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21 " One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her - is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil? It is at the very least a question of definitions. "
― Gregory Maguire , Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
22 " Cross a man and you struggle, one of you wins, you adjust and go on - or you lie there dead. Cross a woman and the universe is changed, once again, for cold anger requires an eternal vigilance in all matters of slight and offense "
23 " The devil is a very big angel, but a very little man. "
24 " As the first hard drops of rain fell, the Witch caught sight, not of the girl's face, but of the shoes. Her sister's shoes. They sparkled even in the darkening afternoon. They sparkled like yellow diamonds, and embers of blood, and thorny stars. "
25 " Was it an accident... or is it just that the world unwraps itself to you again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew? "
26 " Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face. "
27 " We only have babies when we're young enough not to know how grim life turns out. "
28 " We only have babies when we’re young enough not to know how grim life turns out. "
29 " Do you expect to learn anything at Shiz?” he asked. “I have already learned not to speak to strangers.” “Then I will introduce myself and we will be strangers no longer. I am Dillamond.” “I am disinclined to know you. "
30 " Her head had turned quickly away...Not to hide her tears but to soften the fact of their absence. "
31 " I may not be sure if monsters exist, but I’d rather live my life in doubt than be persuaded by a real experience of one. "
32 " The world unwraps itself to you, again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew. "
33 " Nothing in the Grimmerie on how to depose a tyrant - nothing useful... Nothing there that described why men and women could turn out so horrible. Or so wonderful - if that ever happens anymore. "
34 " People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West, if you want the full glory of it. As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention. "
35 " Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny. "
36 " One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her~is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil? "
37 " And girls need cold anger. They need the cold simmer, the ceaseless grudge, the talent to avoid forgiveness, the side stepping of compromise. They need to know when they say something that they will never back down, ever, ever. "
38 " So he stalked her again. Love makes hunters of us all. "
39 " There was much to hate in this world and too much to love. "
40 " You confuse not speaking with not listening. "