"I am a forgettable leaf on a tree."

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Source : Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.173, Harper Collins

Gregory Maguire

#Tree Quotes #Leafs Quotes #Forgettable Quotes

“I actually eat a lot.”
“We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth.”
“Lampard picks his head up and knocks it out to the wing.”
“A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.”
“People who buy government debt deserve to be punished and taught a lesson”
“Pounding fragrant things - particularly garlic, basil, parsley - is a tremendous antidote to depression. But it applies also to juniper berries, coriander seeds and the grilled fruits of the chilli pepper. Pounding these things produces an alteration in one's being - from sighing with fatigue to inhaling with pleasure. The cheering effects of herbs and alliums cannot be too often reiterated. Virgil's appetite was probably improved equally by pounding garlic as by eating it.”
“Poetry feels like a country I visit without a passport, where I look around furtively, grab hold of something precious, and try to smuggle it back across the border. Any poem I get written down feels like contraband to me.”
“When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?”

Source : Matthew Scully (2003). “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy”, p.429, Macmillan

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