“The wall read:ELPHIE LIVESOZMA LIVESTHE WIZARD LIVESand thenEVERYONE LIVES BUT US.”

“It's over the garden wall and we're going to see the Wizard, come what may and hell to pay.-Elphaba”

“It is not enough to simply teach children to read;we have to give them something worth reading.Something that will stretch their imaginations-something that will help them make sense of their own livesand encourage them to reach out toward peoplewhose lives are quite different from their own.”

“..."but there is no doubt they intend to kill us as dead as possible in a short time." - said the Wizard"As dead as poss'ble would be pretty dead, wouldn't it?" asked Dorothy.from "Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz”

“Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.”

“He is a mysterious and captivating fellow, this wizard who can live backward in time…”