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Elphaba (characters)

This character appears in 12 books.


  1. The Wicked Years: Book 1

    Wicked

    The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

    by Gregory Maguire

    Memorable Quotes by Elphaba:

    “When goodness removes itself, the space it occupies corrodes and becomes evil, and maybe splits apart and multiplies. So every evil thing is a sign of the absence of deity.”

    “I just think, like our teachers here, that if ministers are effective, they're good at asking questions to get you to think. I don't think they're supposed to have the answers. Not neccesarily.”

    “"I know this: The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness," she said.”

    “If one could drown in the grass, thought Elphie, it might be the best way to die.”

    “A tyrant is terrible, but at least he or she imposes order. The anarchy that follows the deposition of a tyrant can be bloodier than before.”

  2. Wicked: The Grimmerie

    A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hit Broadway Musical

    by Stephen Schwartz, David Cote, Joan Marcus

  3. The Wicked Years: Book 2

    Son of a Witch

    by Gregory Maguire

    Elphaba: The Wicked Witch of the West, and possibly Liir's mother.

  4. The Wicked Years: Book 3

    A Lion Among Men

    by Gregory Maguire

    Elphaba: the Wicked Witch of the West

  5. Defying Gravity

    The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked

    by Carol de Giere

  6. The Wicked Truth

    by Suzanne Ross

  7. Wicked: A Musical Biography

    by Paul R. Laird


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