Hex

by Jenni Fagan

Some people might think it is not possible to so desperately miss someone you do not yet know, or a home you have never had, but I do.

we don’t have to buy into the fears of men, even if they kill us for them.

I want to kill all your enemies, then cradle you like a child.

– Do you want me to tell you stories, Geillis? – Isn’t that the only way to get through this kind of a night?

If the State wanted us less dead, they’d do more about our murders.

There is no man on this earth who didn’t get here except by a woman parting her thighs! We are portals.

See if there was a devil, I’d have wed him just so he’d kill all the ones that hurt me – don’t they think about that?

I always felt I had a best friend out there somewhere. – The kind that would turn into a crow for you? – Aye! – Well, at your service, my lady.

witches are more like, hey ho, it’s all okay an that, let’s just have a wee cup of tea, let’s sit down, it’s all civilised. Satan, d’ye like Earl Grey? Wee bit of lemon? Honey? An almond slice? No? Go on, have a slice!

We were in the space before time. It held us formless and colourless and boneless and mindless. It was the time when we were most true.

wouldn’t have gone, if I wasn’t willing to die there.