Gregory Maguire - Measure Quotes

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So she listened hard. And she began to evolve, because stories work their magic that way. They build conviction and erode conviction in equal measure.

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We only have babies when we're young enough not to know how grim life turns out. Once we really get the full measure of it—we're slow learners, we women—we dry up in disgust and sensibly halt production.

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The answer of course, is that the clock isn't meant to measure earthly time, but the time of the soul. Redemption and condemnation time. For the soul, each instant is always a minute short of judgment.

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