People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself …

Gregory Maguire
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People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why 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. ✨ Gregory Maguire (2011). Wicked, p.383, Hachette UK
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