A pointed hat in the moonlight, a broom by the door, and a cauldron already bubbling — the witch has been our favourite kind of trouble for centuries. One good witch line can turn an ordinary October night into pure magic.
Witches stand for power, intuition and refusing to be small, from Shakespeare’s three sisters on the heath to the heroines of modern film and musicals. They frighten us, they inspire us, and they always know more than they are telling.
The best Witch Quotes mix real literary lines with honest anonymous sayings about magic, moonlight and owning your power. Every named line below was checked against a reputable source, and anything unverified is credited simply as Unknown.
In this collection you will find 49 quotes in five sections — literature, screen witches, magic and power, short lines, and Halloween. So, let’s light the candles and stir the pot.
10 Famous Witch Quotes from Literature
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
William Shakespeare
A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.
Terry Pratchett
A witch never gets caught. Don’t forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood.
Roald Dahl
I have been woman for a long time. Beware my smile, I am treacherous with old magic.
Audre Lorde
A witch is born out of the true hungers of her time.
Ray Bradbury
Where there is woman, there is magic.
Ntozake Shange
Never put your faith in a prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a witch.
Catherynne M. Valente
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
William Shakespeare
It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you.
Roald Dahl
Witches don’t look like anything. Witches are. Witches do.
Franny Billingsley
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10 Witch Quotes from Film, TV & Stage
Are you a good witch or a bad witch?
Glinda, The Wizard of Oz
I’ll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too!
Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz
Magic is really very simple, all you’ve got to do is want something and then let yourself have it.
Aggie Cromwell, Halloweentown
You can’t practice witchcraft while you look down your nose at it.
Aunt Jet, Practical Magic
I’m not good. I’m not nice. I’m just right. I’m the witch.
The Witch, Into the Woods
Everyone deserves the chance to fly.
Elphaba, Wicked
I am a witch. A real broom-riding, house-haunting, cauldron-stirring witch.
Samantha Stephens, Bewitched
We are the weirdos, mister.
Nancy Downs, The Craft
When witches don’t fight, we burn.
Fiona Goode, American Horror Story: Coven
Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.
Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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10 Witch Quotes About Magic & Power
For all you know, a witch may be living next door to you right now.
Roald Dahl
I’m a witch. It’s what we do. When it’s nobody else’s business, it’s my business.
Terry Pratchett
We are the granddaughters of the witches you weren’t able to burn.
Unknown
Magic is not in the wand or the words. It is in the woman who refuses to give up.
Unknown
A witch does not wait for the storm to pass. She learns the names of the winds.
Unknown
Her power was never the spells. It was that she believed herself, every single time.
Unknown
The moon does not ask permission to rise, and neither does a witch.
Unknown
Witchcraft is paying attention — to the herbs, to the seasons, to the quiet voice inside.
Unknown
She wore her shadows like a cloak and her scars like charms.
Unknown
Call it intuition, call it magic. A witch simply calls it listening.
Unknown
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10 Short Witch Quotes
Not every witch lives in Salem.
Unknown
Witch way to the magic?
Unknown
Brooms are for sweeping away doubt.
Unknown
Powered by moonlight and strong tea.
Unknown
Every woman has a little witch in her.
Unknown
Stay magical, stay dangerous.
Unknown
Hocus pocus, heart in focus.
Unknown
Born to fly — broom optional.
Unknown
A little magic never hurt anyone worth cursing.
Unknown
Trust the stir of the cauldron.
Unknown
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9 Halloween Witch Quotes
On Halloween night, every witch is exactly where she belongs.
Unknown
When the porch lights flicker and the black cat crosses, October has officially begun.
Unknown
Double the candy, double the magic — Halloween is a witch’s holiday first.
Unknown
Park your broom by the door. Tonight, we fly.
Unknown
A witch on Halloween does not wear a costume. She simply stops pretending.
Unknown
Something wicked, something sweet — that is Halloween on every street.
Unknown
The cauldron bubbles a little brighter on October 31st.
Unknown
Cackle loud, fly high, and share the candy only if you must.
Unknown
When midnight strikes on Halloween, even the moon leans closer to listen.
Unknown
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Keep this page for Halloween nights, full moons and anyone learning to trust their own magic. The witch’s lesson is a simple one: know your power, guard it well, and never apologise for it.
