My mother was a pathetic patchwork witch who had used magic so much to meddle in her own life that she had no integrity left and was nothing but a coil of hatreds consuming themselves in futility. We had already hedged her power, with the help of the fairies.
Most books on witchcraft will tell you that witches work naked. This is because most books on witchcraft were written by men.
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Neil Gaiman
I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned people.
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Terry Pratchett
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 even if we don't know what it is. These times are not necessarily good, and not necessarily bad....
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Terry Pratchett
Pray to whatever you believe in that they don't send the snakes.
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Zoe Forward
So, you're the Santa Claus of the magic world with a naughty and nice list?
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Zoe Forward
More Quotes By Jo Walton
There isn't an end point to excellence where you have it and you can stop. Being your best self means keeping on trying.
If I were omnipotent and omnibenevolent I wouldn't be so damn ineffable.
I'm only fifteen. I'm not sure I ever want to get married. I'm neither messing around while waiting nor looking for some "real thing". What I want is much more complicated. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>I want somebody to talk about books, who would be my friend,...
It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.
If you love books enough, books will love you back.
