Witch Quotes by Terry Pratchett

If you don't know when to be a human being, you don't know when to be a witch.

— Terry Pratchett

“Being noticed is what being a witch is all about - Margrat Garlick”

— Terry Pratchett

There are thousands of good reasons why magic doesn't rule the world. They're called Witches and Wizards.

— Terry Pratchett

“Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft are written by men.”

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“You needed at least three witches for a coven. Two witches was just an argument.”

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Granny was an old-fashioned witch. She didn’t do good for people, she did right by them.

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His sister had been sent down to the village to ask Mistress Garlick the witch how you stopped spelling recommendation.

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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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Witches aren’t like that. We live in harmony with the great cycles of Nature, and do no harm to anyone, and it’s…

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“Granny looked up at the zombie. He was - or, technically, had been - a tall, handsome man. He still was, only…

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“A witch sees through things and around things. A witch sees farther than most, a witch sees things from the other side.…

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“Old Gertie Simmons used to have a squint and she was always putting the evil influence on the end of her own…

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The thing about witchcraft," said Mistress Weatherwax, "is that it's not like school at all. First you get the test, and then…

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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…

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“Granny Weatherwax was a witch. That was quite acceptable in the Ramtops, and no one had a bad word to say about…

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“Well, basically, there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny, who also had the true witch's ability to be confidently expert on…

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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'…

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Always face what you fear. Have just enough money, never too much, and some string. Even if it’s not your fault, it’s…

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It was lonely on the hill, and cold. And all you could do was keep going. You could scream, cry, and stamp…

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Your average witch is not, by nature, a social animal as far as other witches are concerned. There's a conflict of dominant…

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Unlike wizards, who like nothing better than a complicated hierarchy, witches don't go in much for the structured approach to career progression.…

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Tiffany has been apprenticing as a witch by visiting people in need with her mentor. After meeting with one particularly sad case,…

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“It’s only money.” “Yes, but it’s only my money, not only your money,” Nanny pointed out. “We witches have always held everything…

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And what do you really do? asked Tiffany. The thin witch hesitatied for a moment, and then: We look to ... the…

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“A witch didn't do things because they seemed a good idea at the time! That was practically cackling. You had to deal…

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“A lot of the stories were highly suspicious, in her opinion. There was the one that ended when the two good children…

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Well, basically there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny, who also had the true witch's ability to be confidently expert on…

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“Tiffany got up early and lit the fires. When her mother came down, she was scrubbing the kitchen floor, very hard. “Er…aren’t…

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“What is magic? Then there is the witches' explanation, which comes in two forms, depending on the age of the witch. Older…

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The stories never said why she was wicked. It was enough to be an old woman, enough to be all alone, enough…

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“Everybody needs a witch, but sometimes they just don't know it.”

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The English were notoriously unenthusiastic about burning witches. I suppose ours were too soggy.

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Any fool could be a witch with a runic knife, but it took skill to be one with an apple corer.

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And all the stories had, somewhere, the witch. The wicked old witch. And Tiffany had thought: Where's the evidence?

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I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.

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“Witches tended to be needed when human beings were meeting the dangerous edges of their lives, the places where there is no…

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“And Granny Weatherwax was pretty damn powerful. She was probably an even more accomplished witch than the infamous Black Aliss and everyone…

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Your average witch is not, by nature, a social animal… The natural size of a coven is one. Witches only get together…

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“The trouble with witches is that they’ll never run away from things they really hate. And the trouble with small furry animals…

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A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest ... because she should be sure in her soul that the…

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