Science is not magic. We are. We are the magic, and the magic is Oz.[to Dorothy]
I don’t see what the problem is. You know, every other professor manages to pronouncify my name.[Glinda]Maybe the pronouncification of your precious name is not the sole focus of Dr. Dillamond’s life. Maybe Dr. Dillamond is not like every other professor. Maybe some of us are just different.[Elphaba Thropp]
[about Elphaba]I’ll say this much, she doesn’t give a twig what anyone thinks.[Fiyero Tigelaar]Of course she does. She just pretends not to.[Glinda]
You’re the only friend I ever had.[Elphaba]And I’ve had so many friends. But only one that mattered.[Glinda]
Why does Wickedness happen?[Munchkinland Kid]That’s a good question. One many people find confusifying. Are people born Wicked? Or do they have Wickedness thrust upon them?[Glinda]
Strangers are just people I’ve never met.[to Boq]
Love means nothing compared to survival.
Let’s tell each other something we’ve never told anyone before. Okay, fine. I’ll go first. Fiyero and I are getting married.[Glinda]He asked you already?[Elphaba Thropp]Oh, he doesn’t know yet.[Glinda]
I’m a public figure now. People expect me to…[Glinda]Lie?[Elphaba]Be encouraging.[Glinda]
I’d like to try to be Glinda the Good.
I want him. I don’t even think he’s perfect anymore, and I still want him. This must be what other people feel like. How do they bear it?[to Elphaba, about Fiyero]
Elphaba Thropp. Listen to me. You can do this. You can do anything.
