Frasi di Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire è uno scrittore statunitense.

Dopo il diploma alla State University of New York ad Albany ed il dottoratato in Letteratura inglese ed Americana alla Tufts University,ha insegnato per alcuni anni Letteratura per ragazzi e nel 1986 ha fondato il Childern's Literature New England, un'organizzazione non profit che promuove la lettura fra i giovanissimi.

Autore di molti libri per bambini, ha pubblicato cinque bestseller per adulti, fra cui Strega

Vive nel Massachusetts.

✵ 9. Giugno 1954   •   Altri nomi גרגורי מגווייר
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Gregory Maguire: Frasi in inglese

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

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

“Happy endings are still endings.”

Gregory Maguire libro Son of a Witch

Origine: Son of a Witch

“How poetic you are," she said. "I've a notion that poetry is the highest form of self-deception.”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

“This is why you shouldn't fall in love, it blinds you. Love is wicked distraction.”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

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

Origine: 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.”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

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

“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?”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

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

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

Origine: 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.”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

“You confuse not speaking with not listening.”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

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

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

“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!”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

“No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice.”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

“Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face.”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

“The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness.”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

“Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.”

Gregory Maguire libro A Lion Among Men

Origine: A Lion Among Men

“I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose.
I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

“That was such a wonderful time, even in its strangeness and sadness-and life isn't the same now. It's wonderful, but it isn't the same.”

Gregory Maguire libro Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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

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

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