Why were elderly witches so nosy? But then she thought: Actually, all witches are nosy. It’s part of what being a witch is. And she relaxed. (SC)
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It’s not much using being a witch unless you look like one. (WS)
‘…there’s no male witches, only silly men’ (ER)
''scuse me,’ said the raven, ‘but how come Miss Ogg became Mrs Ogg? Sounds like a bit of a rural arrangement, if you catch my meaning.’
WITCHES ARE MATRILINEAL, said Death. THEY FIND IT MUCH EASIER TO CHANGE MEN THAN TO CHANGE NAMES. (TOT) 'Human being first, witch second; hard to remember, easy to do.' (ISWM)
'Sometimes what is legal isn't what is right, and sometimes it needs a witch to tell the difference. And sometimes a copper too, if you have the right kind of copper. Clever people know this. Stupid people don't. And the trouble is, stupid people can be oh so clever.' (ISWM)
'And though nobody's saying it, we're locked in here for our protection. You see, everyone else is locked out, and although they sometimes act dumb, policemen can't help being clever. They know that people need witches, they need the unofficial people who understand the difference between right and wrong, and when right is wrong and when wrong is right.' (ISWM)
'The best disguise for a witch is a rather cheap witch's outfit!' (ISWM)
Even a witch can be out-looked by a cat that has had it up to here …. (ISWM)
That was the thing about thoughts. They thought themselves, and then dropped into your head in the hope that you would think so too. You had to slap them down, thoughts like that; they would take over if she let them. And then it would all break down, and nothing would be left but the cackling (ISWM)
'I make it my business. I'm a witch. It's what we do. When it's nobody else's business, it's my business,' said Tiffany quickly. (ISWM)
Everybody needs a witch, but sometimes they just don't know it. (ISWM)
'... who does like witches until they need one, Mistress Weatherwax?' (W)
Witches were very good at listening to what you weren’t saying. (W)
That was the big problem with being a witch. It was up to you. It was always up to you. (W)
It was noon. Tiffany have invented the word noonlight, because she liked the sound of it. Anyone could be a witch at midnight, she’d thought, but you’d have to be really good to be a witch by noonlight. (W)
Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious about. (W)
It says something about witches that an old friend and an old enemy could quite often be the same person. (W)
... the real word for a group of witches is ‘an argument.' (W)
A witch was just someone who knew a bit more than you did. (W)
Witches aren’t allowed to be afraid. (W)
'Mrs Earwig tells her girls it’s about cosmic balances and stars and circles and colours and wands and…and toys, nothing but toys!’ She sniffed. ‘Oh, I daresay they’re all very well as decoration, somethin’ for show, but the start and finish, the start and finish, is helpin’ people when life is on the edge. Even people you don’t like. Stars is easy, people is hard.' (HFS)
Witches were a bit like cats. They didn’t much like one another’s company, but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them. (HFS)
'The thing about witchcraft,’ said Mistress Weatherwax, ‘is that it’s not like school at all. First you get the test, and then afterwards you spend years findin’ out how you passed it. It’s a bit like life in that respect.' (WFM)
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