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121 " The more civilized we become, the more horrendous our entertainments," said Frex. "
― Gregory Maguire , Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
122 " I never use the words "humanist" or "humanitarian", as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous crimes in nature. "
123 " You mean you indulged in adultery and you dont' even have the benefit of a good saucy memory about it. "
124 " All these last months he had begun to talk about Sarima and the family as if they were ghosts, hiding just around the curve of the spiral staircase in the tower, suppressing giggles at this long, long game of hide-and-seek. "
125 " ...and Ama Clutch was gone, and the overly subordinate pillowcase took a small spill of human juice from the edge of her slackened mouth. "
126 " One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her-is it ever the right choice? "
127 " I know this: The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness, she said. "
128 " We stand at a crossroads. Idolatry looms. Traditional values in jeopardy. Truth under siege and virtue abandoned. "
129 " How truly novel. The emotional life of furniture. I never. "
130 " To look into the mirror is to see the future, in blood and rubies. "
131 " The surface of the shoes seemed to pulse with hundreds of reflections and refractions. In the firelight, it was like looking at boiling corpuscles of blood under a magnifying glass. "
132 " I do not listen when anyone uses the word immoral," said the Wizard. "In the young it is ridiculous, in the old it is sententious and reactionary and an early warning sign of apoplexy. In the middle-aged, who love and fear the idea of moral life the most, it is hypocritical. "
133 " When goodness removes itself, the space it occupies corrodes and becomes evil, and maybe splits apart and multiplies. "
134 " Always you were drawn to the composite creatures, the broken and reassembled, for that is what you are. "
135 " For one short wet month early in the next year the drought lifted. Spring tipped in like green well water frothing at the hedges bubbling at the roadside splashing from the cottage roof in garlands of ivy and stringflower "
136 " But the pinkness and whiteness of underskirts and camisoles, the frilliness of foundation garments, the rustle about the bustle and the fuss about the bust. "
137 " Being born with a talent or an inclination for goodness is the aberration. "
138 " Not everyone can fly by bubble ! "
139 " Öyle insansever, hayırsever gibi sözcükler kullanmam ben. Bence insan olmak demek tabiatta işlenebilecek en iğrenç cinayetleri işlemeye muktedir olmak demektir. "
140 " Doğuştan bir yeteneğin varsa ya da doğuştan iyiliğe eğilimin varsa... Sonunda aklını kaçırıyorsun. "