“Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them.”

“What was supposed to be so special about a full moon? It was only a big circle of light. And the dark of the moon was only darkness. But halfway between the two, when the moon was between the worlds of light and dark, when even the moon lived on the edge...maybe then a witch could believe in the moon.”

“That seems to point up a significant difference between Europeans and Americans. A European says: "I can't understand this, what's wrong with me?" An American says: "I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?”

“Mere animals couldn’t possibly manage to act like this. You need to be a human being to be really stupid.”

“If you don't know when to be a human being, you don't know when to be a witch.”

“Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.”

“When it came down to it and the life-or-death decision had to be made, then it was made by you, because you were the witch. And sometimes it wasn't a decision between a good thing or a bad thing, but a decision between to bad things: no right choices, just... choices.”