Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

by Grady Hendrix

Happiness isn’t about doing what you like, but learning to like what you have to do.

You can’t beg the world to do what you want. You can’t ask it nicely. You must bend it to your will.

A witch knows that she is of the world, and therefore she cannot escape it. A true witch does not fear change. She is in an eternal state of revolution.

“They say we spoil milk and steal children,” Periwinkle continued. “That we murder the innocent and ruin crops. That we bring disease and eat human flesh. You know why they say all this?” “Because you’re witches?” Fern asked. “Because we’re women,” Periwinkle said.