“The first time I called myself a 'Witch' was the most magical moment of my life.”

“For the first time in my life I find myself with more than one answer to the same question.”

“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of Time.”

“Every time, regarding life, I put myself first, I emerged last.”

“Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.”

“Like most modern people, I don't believe in prophecy or magic and then spend half my time practicing it.”

“I could but esteem this moment of my departure as among the most happy of my life.”

“Mombi was not exactly a Witch, because the Good Witch who ruled that part of the Land of Oz had forbidden any other Witch to exist in her dominions. So Tip's guardian, however much she might aspire to working magic, realized it was unlawful to be more than a Sorceress, or at most a Wizardess.”

“And I said to myself that he was the first thing that I had ever missed in my life.”

“Always before in moments of crisis I called on that power we call God to help me through. This time, having lost faith in others and my faith in myself, I had lost my hope in God too. Now that hope returned. I really believed that He hadn't wanted me to die.”