The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches Quotes
"The thing about magic is that it really likes us. There’s a little inside all witches, which is what makes us just a bit different from other people."
"Magic is attracted to the people who can use it. It wants to be used. But it’s also mischievous, like a naughty puppy."
"The first thing any good spell needs is intent. You want something, so you figure out a way to make it happen."
"Sometimes, for simple spells, that’s all you need. How and what. And all the magical energy that’s inside you and around you will do what you asked."
"The spells jotted down in a witch’s spellbook weren’t spells so much as snippets of conversation the witch had either figured out for herself or had learned from another witch."
"If you want the spider vanished from the corner of your bedroom, make sure you ask the magic to put it somewhere specific or else you may find that it’s been deposited under your pillow instead."
"I figured out a lot of this on my own, but hopefully you won’t have to. You can ask me anything you like, any time."
"I know it’s not ideal, but almost all of us grow up in isolation, sequestered from the rest of the world until we come to grips with our magic."
"Witches don’t spend time with other witches."
"Magic is attracted to the people who can use it. It can also be mischievous. When there’s so much of it in one place, it takes a very, very strong will to keep it in line."
"I’m a little nervous, but it’ll be okay. I can deal with my doubts. It’s the kids’ that might be trickier."
"I am a witch! How long do you think my secret would stay secret if anyone could just peek into my car and see all my witchy possessions?"
"That was some excellent Mary Poppins shit right there."
"Is this what it feels like to be incredibly, absurdly proud of someone?"
"You should go get Jamie. He’ll want to see this."
"I’m an old man, Mika! I can’t go traipsing up and down the city!"
"I’ve told you how I grew up. Primrose did exceedingly little parenting."
"If we can’t count on each other, who can we count on?"
"I suppose if Lillian refused to come back from South America to recast her wards in the spring, I’d want to tell them."
"But what if I combined them and something spectacular happened?"
"I know that, too. You’re afraid of feeling like this again. You’re afraid that if you come back, if you climb through the window we’ve left open and let yourself belong, you won’t survive if it’s taken away from you."
"Your heart’s the strongest fucking thing I’ve ever known. It makes me want to be braver, and happier."
"It’s a leap of faith to love people and let yourself be loved. It’s closing your eyes, stepping off a ledge into nothing, and trusting that you’ll fly rather than fall."
"Because everything here, deep inside me, says I should trust and believe that Nowhere House was real, but I don’t know if I know how. I’m afraid."
"I care far, far too much about all of you already, and it makes me dangerously happy to be somewhere where I can be myself."
"We can’t actually kill him, Ian, and we can’t keep him locked up in there forever, either."
"I think not. You, on the other hand, are going to listen because I feel I need to be very, very clear about what’s going to happen next."
"I don’t suppose"—his voice cracked—"I don’t suppose your confuddling potion can fix this?"
"I promise you, there is no universe in which that man is going to bring any harm to you."