Magic Lessons (Practical Magic #0.1)

by Alice Hoffman

one should never hide who one was. That was the first step toward courage. In this way, magic began.

There are secrets that must be held close, and most of these have to do with the wounding of the human heart, for sorrow spoken aloud is sorrow lived through twice.

a woman with her own beliefs who refuses to bow to those she believes to be wrong can be considered dangerous.

Believe what the world shows you, and make no excuses. See what is right before you.

You didn’t care what I thought or what I wanted.” Try to do what’s best for your children, and still it could all go wrong. What you knew today, you didn’t know yesterday. What you wished for then, you might come to regret.

Never deny who you are, Hannah Owens had told her, no matter the price.

“You’ll always be my daughter.” Now and forever, in this life and the life to come, no matter what separated them or what brought them together.

They had not forgotten the dark time of left-handed magic. But that time was over, and they had forgiven one another. There are none who can fight as fiercely as a mother and a daughter, and none who can forgive more completely.