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We take women who need us, They all have their reasons.
Maybe they’ve had enough of this world and its heartbreak. Maybe they
wish to live far from the laws of men. But they must be strong enough to
turn their backs on this world, strong enough to live as we do. We don’t lead
comfortable lives, Fern, but we find our pleasures where we can. We live in
the margins, the in-between places.

Magic is the opposite of intellectual thought. Magic springs from your
emotions, unrestrained by the rules of the everyday. Logic says you
cannot, you should not, you must. A witch obeys only one command:
I will.

A true witch does not fear change. She is in an eternal state
of revolution.

No one cares what you wish, my dear,” she said. “Isn’t that your
problem? No one cares what any of you wish, or hope, or pray. You speak,
you cry, you scream, you beg, and what good has it done you? Here you
are, hidden away like unflattering photographs in some forgotten drawer,
locked up for doing the most natural thing in the world.

“You renounce God and turn your back on the world of man,” Miss
Parcae said. “And pledge eternal loyalty and obedience to me.”
“Okay,” Fern said, then turned to the other girls, who were staring up at
her. “Well,” she said. “What’s God ever done for us anyway?”

She thought about the Third, selling Rose and Blossom for a check. She
thought about being sent here so she didn’t ruin Guy’s bright future. She
thought about Zinnia’s mom buying that bottle of Lysol and carrying it
home. She thought about Reverend Jerry, waiting for Holly to bring him her
daughter.