#wicked

All my life, I've understood the nature of where I come from, but I never thought it might be wicked until now. ↗

— Brenna Yovanoff

#good-and-evil #nature-of-man #wicked #life

You are vain and wicked- as a genius should be. ↗

— Günter Grass

#vanity #wickedness #vanity

Of all the living, man is the most wicked. Love for the good it has done or hate it for all the bad. ↗

— Sachidanand Das

#wickedness #love

Galinda didn't see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection instead. She had the nearsightedness of youth. She reasoned that because she was beautiful she was significant, though what she signified, and to whom, was not clear yet...She was, after all, on her way to Shiz because she was smart. But there was more than one way to be smart. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#fiction #maguire #selfishness #smart #wicked

We only have babies when we're young enough not to know how grim life turns out. ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#melena #mother #pregnancy #wicked #life

She stepped closer to one of the statues. It looked wide-eyed, almost afraid as she reached out her hand. One of the women reached out and snatched Aislinn's still uplifted hand. "No." The women spoke all at once, not to her or to Keenan, but softly-as if to themselves-in a sibilant whisper. "He's ours. Fair exchange. Not yours to interfere. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#keenan #melissa-marr #wicked-lovely #love

She also said the wicked people needed love as much as good people and were much better at it. ↗

— Alasdair Gray

#wickedness #love

Are people born wicked, or is wickedness trust upon them? ↗

— Stephen Schwartz

#music

And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alone ↗

— Stephen Schwartz

#music

To hear them talk one would have thought they had no legs, natural functions or knowledge of the wicked world. ↗