“But so often, before words can rise to the mind to imply the ineffable, the ineffable has effed off.” (from the novel “Out of Oz” by Gregory Maguire)

“The colossal might of wickedness: how we love to locate it massively elsewhere. But so much of it comes down to what each one of us does between breakfast and bedtime.” (from the novel “Son of a Witch” by Gregory Maguire)

"… I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West, if you want the full glory of it. As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.” (from the novel “Wicked” by Gregory Maguire)

“She reasoned that because she was beautiful she was significant, though what she signified, and to whom, was not clear to her yet.” (from the novel “Wicked” by Gregory Maguire)

“… now he had glimpsed the wrong side of something. He had the eeriest feeling - as if the world were growing older around him, and the best part of existence - laughter, love and innocence - were slipping irrevocably into the past.” (from the novel “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell” by Susanna Clarke)

“Each day and every deed’s eternal, little boy. Live them in such a way that you can bear to live with them eternally.” (from the novel “Jerusalem” by Alan Moore)