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I'm not a lady, I'm a witch.

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It might have interested Newt to know that, of the thirty-nine thousand women tested with the pin during the centuries of witch-hunting, twenty-nine t...more

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I don’t reckon it’s allowed, going round setting fire to people,” said Adam. “Otherwise people’d be doin’ it all the time.”“It’s all right if you’re r...more

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The English, by and large, being a crass and indolent race, were not as keen on burning women as other countries in Europe.

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Even the pious Scots, locked throughout history in a long-drawn-out battle with their arch-enemies the Scots, managed a few burnings to while away the...more

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

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At such times the universe gets a little closer to us. They are strange times, times of beginnings and endings. Dangerous and powerful. And we feel it...more

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

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A witch who is bored might do ANYTHING.People said things like 'we had to make our own amusements in those days' as if this signified some kind of mor...more

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If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation will nag at her like a hangnail.

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Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.

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Tiffany found her mind filling up with an invisible gray mist, and in that thought there was nothing but grief. She could feel herself trying to push ...more

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For a witch stands on the very edge of everything, between the light and the dark, between life and death, making choices, making decisions so that ot...more

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Witches are naturally nosy,” said Miss Tick, standing up. “Well, I must go. I hope we shall meet again. I will give you some free advice, though.”“Wil...more

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And people think she killed him?" said Miss Tick. She sighed. "They probably think she cooked him in the oven, or somet