Innocent person Quote by John E. Douglas

“The craft was dangerous and unpredictable, and witches were difficult to control, for they had minds of their own and didn’t hold to keeping…

— Alice Hoffman

“And this is Theory and Practice of Witch Systems, or as I like to call it, Killing Witches Is Fun.”

— M.A. Larson

“This was dangerous talk—in these enlightened times, a wise woman would never be too clever. The accusation of witchcraft had rid many men of…

— Joss Alexander

“Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches;”

— J.K. Rowling

“What is abundantly clear is that witch hunts did not begin with witches, and are thus not avoided by making ourselves harmless or integrating…

— Peter Grey

“But as records of courts of justice are admissible, it can easily be proved that powerful and malevolent magicians once existed and were a…

— Ambrose Bierce

In the 16th and 17th centuries, as many as 60,000 people were executed in Europe as suspected witches. But it would be nice to…

— Max Boot

“He wondered at the atrocities human kind was capable of committing. The majority of those housed below were ill, mentally or physically, not witches.…

— Brynn Chapman

“all witches must keep up a certain level of deviance in their personal lives, or we should be expelled from the union.”

— Catherynne M. Valente

“Three hundred years ago people in England were putting witches to death. Was that what you call the 'Rule of Human Nature or Right…

— C.S. Lewis

“But getting the sinner where justice deemed he belonged was the trick. It required a system. And the system demanded its rules, techniques, manpower,…

— J.D. Robb

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

— Terry Pratchett