Veronica Rausch

“Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together.”
― Francesco Petrarca

“Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.”
― Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron

“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”
― Katharine Hepburn, Me: Stories of My Life

“This ain’t right, you know. She’s the one who ought to rule, fair enough. And you used magic to help her this far, and that’s all right. But it stops right here. It’s up to her what happens next. You can’t make things right by magic. You can only stop making them wrong.”

Mrs. Gogol pulled herself up to her full, impressive height. “Who’s you to say what I can and can’t do here?”

“We’re her godmothers,” said Granny.

“That’s right,” said Nanny Ogg.

“We’ve got a wand, too,” said Magrat.

“But you hate godmothers, Mistress Weatherwax,” said Mrs. Gogol.

“We’re the other kind,” said Granny. “We’re the kind that gives people what they know they really need, not what we think they ought to want.”
― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad