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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
― Carl Sandburg

“I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.”
― Lillian Hellman

“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“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.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“There were more ways to live than the ones given by one's superiors”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“You could say that Elphaba brought us together,' said Boq softly. 'I'm closer to her and so I'm closer to you.'

Galinda seemed to give up. She leaned her head back on the velvet cushions of the swing and said, 'Boq, you know despite myself I think you're a little sweet. You're a little sweet and you're a little charming and you're a little maddening and you're a little habit-forming.'

Boq held his breath.

But you're little!' she concluded. 'You're a Munchkin, for god's sake!'

He kissed her, he kissed her, he kissed her, little by little by little.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Galinda didn't often stop to consider whether she believed in what she said or not; the whole point of conversations was flow.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“There are some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

“People don't save other people. People save themselves.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

“It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Marriage Plot

“are you breathing, are you lucky enough
to be breathing”
― Hettie Jones

“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture