"....Everyone deserves a chance to fly!"
— Wizard from Wicked the Musical

"Popular the Song
Glinda: Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project!
Elphaba: You really don't have to do that.
Glinda: I know, that's what makes me so nice!
Whenever I see someone less fortunate than I, and let's face it, who isn't less fortunate than I? My tender heart tends to start to bleed. And when someone needs a makeover, I simply have to takeover I know, I know, exactly what they need. And even in your case, though it's the toughest case I've yet to face, don't worry, I'm determined to suceed! Follow my lead, and yes indeed, you, will, be...
Popular! You're gonna' be popular! I'll teach ya' the proper ploys, when you talk to boys, little ways to flirt and flounce, oo! I'll show you what shoes to wear, how to fix your hair! Everything that really counts to be popular! I'll you be popular, you'll hang with the right cohorts, you'll be good at sports! Know the slang you've got to know! So let's start, 'cause you've got an awfully long way to go! Don't be offened by my frank analysis! Think of it as personality dialysis, now that I've chosen to become a pal, a sister and adviser, there's nobody wiser, not when it comes to, popular! I know about popular! And with an assist from me to be who you'll be! Instead of dreary who-you-were, are! There's nothing that can stop you from beconing populer, lar! La, la, la, la! We're gonna' make you popular! When I see depressing creatures with unprepossessing features, I remind them on their own behalf, to think of celebrated heads of state or specially great communicators. Did they have brains or knowledge? Don't make me laugh! Hee! They were popular! Please, it's all about popular! It's not about aptitude, it's the way you're way you're viewed, so it's very shrewd to be, very, very popular, like me!
Why, miss Elphaba, look at you. You're beautiful.
Elphaba: I, I have to go.
Glinda: You're welcome!
And though you protest, you're disinterest. I know clandestinedly, you're gonna' grin and bear it, your new found popularity! Ah! La, la, la, la, la! You'll be popular! Just not quite as popular as me!
"
— Wicked the Musical

"Was that me? Yes it was. Was that him? No it wasn't..
Just a trick of the woods!
Just a moment,
One peculiar passing moment.
Must it all be either less or more,
Either plain or grand?
Is it always 'or'?
Is it never 'and'?
That's what woods are for:
For those moments in the woods...
Oh, if life were made of moments,
Even now and then a bad one--!
But if life were only moments,
Then you'd never know you had one.
First a witch, then a child, then a Prince, then a moment--
Who can live in the woods?
And to get what you wish, only just for a moment--
These are dangerous woods..
Let the moment go..
Don't forget it for a moment, though.
Just remembering you had an 'and,' when you're back to 'or,'
Makes the 'or' mean more than is did before.
Now I understand--
And it's time to leave the woods."
— Stephen Sondheim (Into the Woods)

"I, on the other hand, interrupt people because my thoughts fly out of my mouth. My handbag's full of rubbish. And I want to do something that matters with my life. Right now I'd like to write plays, sing in musicals, and/or rid the world of poverty, violence, cruelty, and right-wing conservative politics."
— Alison Larkin (The English American: A Novel)