...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.

The entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.

Million-to-one chances...crop up nine times out of ten.

Esk felt that bravery was called for, but on a night like this bravery lasted only as long as a candle stayed alight.

Do you know how wizards like to be buried?""Yes!""Well, how?"Granny Weatherwax paused at the bottom of the stairs."Reluctantly.

Red sky at night, the city's alight.

High magic requires a great clarity of thought, you see, and women's talents do not lie in that direction. Their brains tend to overheat.

You mean it's my destiny? she said at last.Granny shrugged. Something like that. Probably. Who knows?

You mean it's my destiny?" she said at last.Granny shrugged. “Something like that. Probably. Who knows?

A witch relied too much on words ever to go back on them.

She told me that if magic gives people what they want, then not using magic can give them what they need.

When you make yourself a better you, you inevitably make a better life for your family. That's the thing I'll always embrace and you should too. Better yourself. Enjoy your life.

The magic of love is that it has the power to create a magical world in and around us.

[I]t is dangerous for a bride to be apologetic about her husband.

Her voice was small and distant, like she’d already left the room.

It isn't stress that makes us fall - it's how we respond to stressful events.

Happy is love or friendship when returned-- The lovers whose pure flames have equal burned.

Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.

At the British Open, I had my opportunities, but the ball just didn't want to go in the hole on the back nine.

The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology.

You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' to talk about love.