On page 365 of Wicked , you can find the following quote by Sarima (Fiyero's widow): "And girls need cold anger. They need the cold simmer, the ceaseless grudge, the talent to avoid forgiveness, the sidestepping of compromise. They need to know when they say something that they will never back ...

Notice that almost every time we discuss something about this book, it's a quote that tells us something about life in the real world. We go directly from the one-line quote to the real world, as if the book was not there. This is allright, and I enjoy the discussions, but this is still not what no...

p307, the Elephant says: " When the times are a crucible, when the air is full of crisis, those who are the most themselves are the victims". The text seems to refer to changing one's physical appearance at will, but one could interpret it as being about the dangers of insisting on being ...

Ophelia, sorry I didn't get back to you last night like I said I would. I came home and vegged in front of the TV like I haven't in a long time. (Rough week at work, you know?) Anyway, let me get to a couple of your question this morning: p 306, the Elephant says to Elphaba: "Daughter of the Dr...

p307, the Elephant says: " When the times are a crucible, when the air is full of crisis, those who are the most themselves are the victims". The text seems to refer to changing one's physical appearance at will, but one could interpret it as being about the dangers of insisting on being ...

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Early in their unlikely friendship, Galinda catches a glimpse of Elphaba and thinks she "looked like something between an animal and an Animal, like something more than life but not quite Life" (pp 78

You could say that in the case of the sorcerer, or perhaps in both cases, there is a result only because the sick person believes the medicine man can help him. I imagine that both succeed (when they do) because both are perfectly in tune with the society or civilization that have produced the pati...

During the second biology class with Dr. Nikidik on page 187, he posed the following question to the class: "...Do you think that if we could cauterize that part of the brain that develops language, we could eliminate the notion of pain and thus its existence?" This question reminded me of...

On page 183 of Wicked , "What really is the difference between science and sorcery? Science, my dears, is the systematic dissection of nature, to reduce it to working parts that more or less obey universal laws. Sorcery moves in the opposite direction. It doesn't rend, it repairs. It is synthes...