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Gregory Maguire

Geburtstag: 9. Juni 1954
Andere Namen: גרגורי מגווייר

Gregory Maguire ist ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller.

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Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

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„Die Wahrheit lässt sich nach Geschmack gestalten
Denn Wahrheit ist, was alle dafür halten!“

— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Son of a Witch

Quelle: Son of a Witch

„The truth isn't a thing of fact or reason. It is simply what everyone agrees on.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„Happy endings are still endings.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Son of a Witch

Quelle: Son of a Witch

„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.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: 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.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.“

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— Gregory Maguire

„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?“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„In the lives of children, pumpkins turn into coaches, mice and rats turn into men. When we grow up, we realize it is far more common for men to turn into rats.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Quelle: Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

„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.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„So he stalked her again. Love makes hunters of us all.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„There was much to hate in this world and too much to love.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„You confuse not speaking with not listening.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„She dropped her shyness like a nightgown, and in the liquid glare of sunlight on old boards she held up her hands-as if, in the terror of the upcoming skirmish, she had at last understood that she was beautiful. In her own way.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.“

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— Gregory Maguire

„The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.“

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— Gregory Maguire

Quelle: Mirror Mirror

„The body apologizes to the soul for its errors, and the soul asks forgiveness for squatting in the body without invitation.“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

„Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside; it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.~Candle“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Son of a Witch

Quelle: Son of a Witch

„I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes… let it go!“

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— Gregory Maguire, buch Wicked – Die Hexen von Oz

Quelle: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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