“Sagas wouldn't be interesting if terrible things didn't happen to the people in them.”
“I expect most witches are like that. They are not interested in things or people unless they can use them; they are terribly practical".”
“This thing, this terrible thing, didn't just happen to you. It happened to everyone who cared about you, but it didn't just stop there, it happened to the whole town -- even women across the country. Lots of people's lives have been changed, not just yours.”
“But the aspect of secrets is they leak out. If they didn't leak, they wouldn't be interesting.”
“There were many terrible things in my life and most of them never happened.”
“... sometimes good people [are] helpless... terrible things happen... to good people... there [are] sad endings as well as happy ones.”