Well, child? Aren't you going to try to turn me into some kind of unspeakable creature?I don't think I shall bother, madam, seeing as you are making such a good job of it yourself!

Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.

I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned people.

I’m a witch. It’s what we do. When it’s nobody else’s business, it’s my business.

Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze.

Preston, I don't think this creature could ever find its way into your head. Quite apart from anything else, it seems pretty crowded and complicated to me.

One day I'll work out what it is you are saying, my lad, and then you'll be in trouble.

A stink. A stench. A foulness in her mind, dreadful and unforgiving. A compost of horrible ideas and rotted thoughts that made her want to take our her brain and wash it.

Fire is easy to work with if you keep your mind clear, but pain . . . pain fights back. Pain is alive. Pain is the enemy.

It's witchcraft with all the crusts cut off, and real witchcraft is ALL crusts.

Smile more to attract more.

I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish.

Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.

You know, what's interesting is, being your own self is kind of a blur.

Our future depends on how we understand the past.

Time has passed through me and become a song.

Being happy or unhappy - is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness - a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.

Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader

Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.

Belly was not a bad movie. It was visually very interesting.