Esk felt that bravery was called for, but on a night like this bravery lasted only as long as a candle stayed alight.

The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.

...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.

Million-to-one chances...crop up nine times out of ten.

Do you know how wizards like to be buried?""Yes!""Well, how?"Granny Weatherwax paused at the bottom of the stairs."Reluctantly.

Red sky at night, the city's alight.

High magic requires a great clarity of thought, you see, and women's talents do not lie in that direction. Their brains tend to overheat.

You mean it's my destiny? she said at last.Granny shrugged. Something like that. Probably. Who knows?

You mean it's my destiny?" she said at last.Granny shrugged. “Something like that. Probably. Who knows?

A witch relied too much on words ever to go back on them.

She told me that if magic gives people what they want, then not using magic can give them what they need.

Most people have fear to compromise with life.You got to take the reins of your life in your own hands, and direct it yourself.You decide how you use your time.

Her hand gripped his, and even amid the fear and danger he marveled at the feeling that came with the contact. If we die holding hands in this way, will we enter the next dream together?

As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us; there have been many circulation of the sap before we detect the smallest sign of the bud.

Prayer is the surest remedy against the devil and besetting sins.

I listened to country music my whole life. I started writing music when I was a teenager. It all came out country.

When you've lived as long as I have, nothing much surprises you.

For age with stealing steps Hath clawed me with his crutch

There's not a country on earth that doesn't feel that it might be invaded by Donald Trump's regime.

Jail was probably the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.