She’d believed his praise was genuine. She hadn’t noticed that he’d pegged her as a person who would snatch up any compliment into the maw of her unloved, throbbing little heart.
“Well, the family always was bright, and brightness, as you know, decays brilliantly. Madness is the most shining way.”
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
― Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
“If one could drown in the grass, thought Elphie, it might be the best way to die.”
― The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked / Son of a Witch / Out of Oz / A Lion Among Men: A Special Collection of the Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture—Now Streaming
― The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked / Son of a Witch / Out of Oz / A Lion Among Men: A Special Collection of the Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture—Now Streaming
“Perhaps, thought Nanny, little green Elphaba chose her own sex, and her own color, and to hell with her parents.”
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“But it was one thing to allow someone to kill for you and another to let him live next door.”
― The Nickel Boys
― The Nickel Boys
“He who gets behind in a race must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.”
― The Nickel Boys
― The Nickel Boys
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