Witchy Quotes

“Everyone have their souls still? Shadows still attached? Then let's go before that changes.”
― T. Kingfisher, Nettle & Bone

“Weetzie could not even cry and make Kleenex roses. She remembered the day her father, Charlie, had driven away in the smashed yellow T-bird, leaving her mother Brandy-Lynn clutching her flowered robe with one hand and an empty glass in the other, and leaving Weetzie holding her arms crossed over her chest that was taking its time to develope into anything”
― Francesca Lia Block, Dangerous Angels

“(B)eware of women who have the nerve to meet your eyes, who think they're your equals, who do as they please, who please you as well, who will never do as they're told.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Rules of Magic

“Outside, the trees do their witchy dance.”
― August Kleinzahler, Sleeping it Off in Rapid City

“You are an oracle woman: half witch, half empress.”
― Era V. Roman

“The storm had blown over and the air had that wonderful, earthy scent of wet grass and new possibilities.”
― Sangu Mandanna

“Jude’s back is knobby and reptilian, her skin stretched thin over her spine and ribs. She looks like a tyrannosaurus rex bent over its catch.”
― Addison Lane, Blackpines: The Antlers Witch: The Ones Who Couldn't Let Go

“Jude laughs, and it burns through the dryer-hot air like the first crack of thunder. The crow caws and caws behind her—laughing or screaming, Maya can’t tell. “We are not babysitters. We did not come here to take care of little boys.”
― Addison Lane, Blackpines: The Antlers Witch: The Light in Her Dreams

“Time is still guiding her. Her enemy, her rival—that cosmic beast that nips her heels.”
― Addison Lane, Blackpines: The Antlers Witch: The Girl Who Grew Antlers

“The stranger’s eyes gleamed with impossible knowings, as though he had seen the first creature crawl onto the land, the first leaves unfurl, the first great reptile bite down and ruin its prey...”
― Addison Lane, Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse

“It was a scent that suggested someone more Minotaur than Theseus, more Grendel than Beowulf, and Nova wanted to go deeper into the monster’s cave. He couldn’t find anything within him that cared whether he came out or not, as long as he found his way to its deepest, darkest depths.”
― Addison Lane, Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse

“Whenever I am this unsettled, there is one tried-and-true cure: the forest.”
― Wallis Kinney, A Dark and Secret Magic

“A witch’s house is a living, breathing thing. When magic is as much a part of a person as air or water or blood, it refuses to stay in narrow, well-drawn lines. It infuses board and beam. It winks in windows and mirrors. It seeps out with every candle burned and every card turned, until, given enough time, it takes on a life of its own.”
― Liz Parker, Witches of Honeysuckle House

“Florence hadn’t used her magic since her mother’s death. No longer did she set flame to wick and pull her desires into the world like the threads of tangible things. If her tarot reading thirteen years ago was to be believed, giving up her magic was the only way for Florence to stop the deaths that had plagued her family for almost a century.”
― Liz Parker, Witches of Honeysuckle House

“Even if she hadn’t grown close to him yet, she could feel desire turning the pages of her heart, and she feared that would be enough to make him a target for her family’s curse.”
― Liz Parker, Witches of Honeysuckle House

“Honeysuckle House sat staring out over the fall leaves. Dusk had long since turned to dark. Inside, it felt empty and alone. It creaked the floorboards and rattled the pipes in an attempt to block out the silence, but it didn’t help. Every sound it made was a reminder of the sounds it lacked.”
― Liz Parker, Witches of Honeysuckle House

“The warmth of Tillie’s skin through the soft fabric of her shirt blazed hotter than any magic Violet had ever burned into the world. If the intention she poured into her candles were spells, this love—this woman—was sorcery.”
― Liz Parker, Witches of Honeysuckle House

“We can’t always fix the things other people break. All we can do is find a way to live with the pieces that are left behind.”
― Liz Parker, Witches of Honeysuckle House