Witchcraft

‘I had to content myself with

smashing the milk pitcher which waited on the table.’ (Pg, 27)

‘I examined my safeguards, the box of silver dollars i had buried by the creek, and the doll buried

in the long field, and the book nailed to the tree in the pine woods; so long as they were where I had put them nothing could get in to harm us.’ (Pg, 41)

‘I had always buried

things, even when I was small.’ (Pg, 41)

‘On Thursday, which was my most powerful day, I went into

the big attic and dressed in their clothes.’ (Pg, 41)

(When Merricat first sees cousin Charles in the kitchen) “I had three magic words,” … “Their names were

Melody, Gloucester, Pegasus, and we were safe until they were said out loud.” (Pg, 57)

‘I could not run; I had to

help Constance. I took my glass and smashed it on the floor. “Now he’ll go away,” I said.’ (Pg, 61)

‘I could breathe a little; it was goin to be all right. Cousin Charles was

a ghost, but a ghost that could be driven away. “He’ll go away,” i said.’ (Pg, 61)

‘Charles had only gotten in because the magic was broken; if i could

re-seal the protection around Constance and shut Charles out he would have to leave the house.’ (Pg, 69)

‘I thought that Charles would not be pleased to know that I had caught him looking at our father’s things, and something from this drawer

might be extraordinarily powerful, since it would carry a guilt of Charles.’ (Pg, 77)

‘I ran back into the house and straight up to our father’s room, where I

hammered with a shoe at the mirror over the dresser until it cracked across.’ (Pg, 81)

‘The hole would hold his head nicely. I laughed when I found a round stone the right size, and scratched a face on it and

buried it in the hole. “Goodbye, Charles,” I said. “Next time don’t go around taking other people’s things.” (Pg, 89)

‘I could bury him in the hole where my box of silver dollars had been so

safe until he came; if he was under the ground I could walk over him stamping my feet.' (Pg, 89)

‘I had never touched Uncle Julian’s shawl before.

I already saw that the rules were going to be different.’ (Pg, 112)

‘And I will bury something yellow, to

keep Uncle Julian warm.’ (Pg, 125)

‘All the omens

spoke of change.’ (Pg, 41)

‘I realised now that this was the third time in one day that the subject had been

touched, and three times makes it real.’ (Pg, 27)

‘It was important to choose the exact device to drive Charles away. An imperfect

magic, or one incorrectly used, might only bring more disaster upon our house.’ (Pg, 70)

‘I lay back against the tree trunk and thought of magic; if

Charles had not gone away before three days I would smash the mirror in the hall.’ (Pg, 71)

‘My new magical safeguards were the

lock on the front door, and the boards over the windows, and the barricades along the sides of the house.’ (Pg, 145)