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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

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Gossiping's part of witchcraft,' said Tiffany. 'They're checking to see if they've gone batty yet.

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A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure in her soul that the most ...more

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You couldn't escape the pointy hat, though. There was nothing magical about a pointy hat except that it said that the woman underneath it was a witch....more

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That's Third Thoughts for you. When a huge rock is going to land on your head, they're the thoughts that think: Is that an igneous rock, such as grani...more

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What some people need," said Magrat, to the world in general, "is a bit more heart.""What some people need," said Granny Weatherwax, to the stormy sky...more

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Most witches don’t believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they don’t believe in them. T...more