"Equal Rites" Quotes
In "Equal Rites" by Terry Pratchett, a young girl named Eskarina Smith, destined to become the first female wizard, challenges the gender norms of the magical Discworld with the help of a determined witch.
fantasy | 228 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Magic never dies. It merely fades away.
There's no such thing as a soul. It's just something they made up to scare children, like the boogeyman or the taxman.
The hardest part of learning magic is that there’s no such thing as magic.
What is magic? There is the wizard's explanation, and then there's what actually happens.
Witches are not by nature gregarious, at least with other witches, and they certainly don't have leaders.
A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.
Witches don't have to mean to be bad; they just have to forget to be good.
If you trust in yourself and believe in your dreams and follow your star... you’ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren’t so lazy.
Stories are what people use to explain the world.
When you break rules, break 'em good and hard.
