“I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced.”

“All my life,I've been afraid of things, as a child and a woman must be. I lied about it naturally. I fancied myself a witch and walked in dark streets to punish myself for my doubts. But I knew what it meant to be afraid.”

“I’m gonna fall in love with you,” Kelly said. His words hung in the darkness, bright as candle flames.”

“Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.”

“There isn't enough darkness in all the world to snuff out the light of one little candle.”

“Witches never existed, except in people’s minds. All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and in folklore and in the wish to fly. Witches? We’re all witches in one way or another. Witches was the invention of mankind, son. We’re all witches beneath the skin.”