“You ever want to see real witchcraft, you watch people protecting their comfort, their beliefs.”

“[Y]ou weren't born with a talent for witchcraft: it didn't come easily; you worked hard at it because you wanted it. You forced the world to give it to you, no matter the price, and the price is and always will be high... People say you don't find witchcraft; witchcraft finds you. But you've found it, even if at the time you didn't know what it was you were finding, and you grabbed it by its scrawny neck and made it work for you.”

“If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has. ”

“You ever want to feel powerless? Watch the people you care about being hurt and know there is nothing you can do about it.”

“You see, when medicine works, it is blessed science, and when it fails, it is witchcraft. - Polidori”

“some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget their real problems.”