"People cry at weddings for the same reason they cry at happy endings: because they so desperately want to believe in something they know is not credible."

-- Margaret Atwood

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“The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters the reader will have strong feelings for or against. It is not finding a setting which will take the reader to a place he or she as never been. It is not the research, whether in fiction or non-fiction. The most difficult task facing a writer is to find the voice in which to tell the story.”
“It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's.”
“You're fun to look at," decided Galinda. Boq's face fell. "Fun?" he said. I'd give a lot to achieve fun," Elphaba said. "The best I usually hope for is stirring, and when people say that they're usually referring to digestion-”
“My only crime was being a man and living in the world of men, and you don't have to do special penance for that. The crime and the penance, in that case, coincide perfectly. They are identical.”
“The extraordinary power of influence is now within everyone's reach. Recent graduates, executive assistants, project managers, and business leaders can all benefit from Monarth's simple steps for 'getting everyone to follow your lead.'”
“I am an artist who works very well under pressure, in fact. I like to have deadlines.”
“When I get angry, I start thinking about the people involved and they don't deserve my time.”
“Retailers are treating everyone the same way who walks in their stores and this doesn't make sense in the world we live in where all customers are not equal.”

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