‘I’m on the sharp end of witchcraft, which means doing what should be done as best you can. It’s all about the people, Mrs. Earwig, not about the books.’ (SC)
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... people aren’t just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances. (ISWM)
People are often so busy living that they never stopped to wonder why. (ISWM)
There were really only four types of people in the world: men and women and wizards and witches. (ISWM)
‘It’s all just...people.’ (MR)
‘I wish people would not be so careless about what they believe.’ (MR)
People see what they think is there. (MR)
He was stocky, running to plump, and one of those people who bustle about being helpful in a mildly annoying way, taking over small jobs that you wouldn’t have minded doing for yourself. (MR)
Nanny Ogg changed the way people thought, even if it was only for a few minutes. She left people thinking they were slightly better people. They weren’t, but as Nanny said, it gave them something to live up to. (W)
‘Humanity is a state of mind, not body.’ (DSS)
‘Just because you’ve got a mind like a, a hammer doesn’t mean you have to treat everyone else like a nail.’ (OYCSM)
With humans we have often found it essential to get our self-defence in as soon as possible. (OYCSM)
When we break down, it all breaks down. (NW)
Who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men? A copper, that’s who. (NW)
He didn’t look around, and watch and learn, and then say, ‘This is how people are, how do we deal with it?’ No, he sat and thought: ‘This is how the people ought to be, how can we change them?’ And that was a good enough thought for a priest but not for a copper ... (NW)
Everyone has an unconditional clause in their life, some little unspoken addition to the rules like 'except when I really need to' or 'unless no one is looking' or, indeed, 'unless the first on was nougat.' (TOT)
Who knew where humanity began and where it finished? (TOT)
'You had to live in the world. Otherwise, how could you learn to be human?' (TOT)
'... there is so much context to being human, I am afraid.' (TOT)
Knowing how to use other people's vanity was a martial art all in itself... (TOT)
Bodies were a major human weakness. (TOT)
It was hard to deal with people when a tiny part of you saw them as a temporary collection of atoms that would not be around in another few decades. (TOT)
... perhaps everyone need a tiny part of themselves that can, metaphorically, be allowed to run naked in the rain*, to think the unthinkable thoughts, to hide in corners and spy on the world, to do the forbidden but enjoyable deeds.
* Quite an overrated activity. (TOT) 'If you don't know when to be a human being, you don't know when to be a witch.' (HFS)
'Things aren't important. People are.' (HFS)
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