Abroad

“Progress just means bad things happen faster.””

— Unknown

“Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.””

— Unknown

“Most witches don’t believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they don’t believe in them. They know them too well. It would be like believing in the postman.””

— Unknown

“People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around.””

— Unknown

“Nanny Ogg knew how to start spelling 'banana', but didn't know how you stopped.””

— Unknown

“Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.””

— Unknown

“The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays.””

— Unknown

“Your average witch is not, by nature, a social animal as far as other witches are concerned. There's a conflict of dominant personalities. There's a group of ringleaders without a ring. There's the basic unwritten rule of witchcraft, which is 'Don't do what you will, do what I say.' The natural size of a coven is one. Witches only get together when they can't avoid it.””

— Unknown

“You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. Besides you don't build a better world by choppin' heads off and giving decent girls away to frogs.””

— Unknown