Gregory Maguire - Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
| Elphie glanced sideways at him and for the first time saw him as feckless - the kind of old man that Irji, if he survived, would grow to be. Constantly pawing at the edge of events, reacting instead of acting, mourning the past and praying for the future instead of stirring up the present. | |
