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Practical Magic
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"Practical Magic" Quotes

Two sisters with magical abilities struggle to break a family curse while navigating love and tragedy in a small town.

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There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for luck, and fall in love whenever you can.

Alice Hoffman

lovesuperstition

Once you know some things, you can't un-know them, even if you want to.

Alice Hoffman

knowledge

The aunts were a source of endless wonder and fear, the witches who had created their own world, a world that was so much more interesting and vivid than the ordinary one.

Alice Hoffman

magicfamily

There's a little witch in every woman, but not every woman is a witch.

Alice Hoffman

witches

As for the mothers who are in the midst of raising their children, they have no time to consider their needs, as the aunts are well aware. These women’s lives are ruled by the relentless needs of others.

Alice Hoffman

motherhood

What's the good of being a witch if you can't tell the weather?

Alice Hoffman

witchesnature

The aunts could not be blamed for their fear of abandonment; it was in the Owens women’s blood.

Alice Hoffman

familyfear

The aunts believed in the power of their spells, but even more so, they believed in the power of love.

Alice Hoffman

magiclove

The only real magic was love. Anything else was an illusion.

Alice Hoffman

magiclove

Most people believed that the aunts were witches, but it was the Owens women who knew how to use that magic.

Alice Hoffman

witchesmagic