Denise

“Some speak of witches like brutes who go bump in the night, yet some tales are much bigger than a single fright. In fact, some famous witches arguably aren't witches at all. They are merely characters so difficult to define that no better word describes them. So, witches they become, and they are branded in the public mind ever after.”
― Kris Spisak, Becoming Baba Yaga: Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods

“For Mary, living in an environment of surveillance and suspicion, with visitors monitored and conversations reported on, and where her correspondence was intercepted and read, verbal and written forms of communication had to be guarded, even when encoded. Such writings, therefore, cannot be assumed to be a true reflection of her thoughts and opinions. Mary’s needlework, however, was uncensored. She”
― Clare Hunter, Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power

“I don’t believe in God, but I do believe in ritual.”
― T. Kingfisher, A House With Good Bones

“Everything we need for creating our renewals and revolutions is already within our reach.”
― Kris Spisak, Becoming Baba Yaga: Trickster, Feminist, and Witch of the Woods