Gregory Maguire Quote

Who first, upon sensing the backward rush of memory said to signal the moment of death, was able to telegraph this apprehension to the family gathered around? Maybe the original gentleman descended from ape said the equivalent of falling out of tree to his common-law ape wife, and she interpreted his words as just as he left for the dusty world beyond, his whole life passed before his eyes. Then he hit the ground. After all, falling out of the tree is the first and the last thing we do.

Gregory Maguire

Who first, upon sensing the backward rush of memory said to signal the moment of death, was able to telegraph this apprehension to the family gathered around? Maybe the original gentleman descended from ape said the equivalent of falling out of tree to his common-law ape wife, and she interpreted his words as just as he left for the dusty world beyond, his whole life passed before his eyes. Then he hit the ground. After all, falling out of the tree is the first and the last thing we do.

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About Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Wicked, published in 1995, was his first novel for adults. It was adapted into a popular Broadway musical in 2003.
Maguire is married to American painter Andy Newman, in one of the first same-sex marriages performed in the state of Massachusetts. They have three children.