A good man will kill you with hardly a word.

Nanny's philosophy of life was to do what seemed like a good idea at the time, and do it as hard as possible. It had never let her down.

Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.

So, mistletoe, in fact, symbolizes mistletoe.

The thing about witchcraft," said Mistress Weatherwax, "is that it's not like school at all. First you get the test, and then afterward you spend years findin' out how you passed it. It's a bit like life in that respect

I grow as many of our vegetables as I can, because my granddad was a professional gardener, and it's in the blood.

The Auditors fluttered anxiously. And, as always happens in their species when something goes radically wrong and needs fixing instantly, they settled down to try to work how who was to blame.