How to Hang a Witch Quotes

“Almost everything worth believing in cannot be seen. Love, for instance.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“Sometimes you do things because you believe in a person, and not because you believe in everything they do.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“The air's crisp with the smell of autumn, and the first few leaves have started to change color. The streets have that family-friendly feel. Store windows already have pumpkins and witches' hats in them.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“When change cometh, she will bring peace at her back. She will not bend to your will; you must bend to hers.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“People believe a lot of weird stuff in Salem.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“It’s not like they exactly agreed. They’re just kinda silent about the whole thing,” I say. “Group silence can be a death sentence. It was in Salem,” he says.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“If a man fears dogs, he may beat one with a stick when he sees it. As is the nature of all creatures, that dog will bite him. And then he may tell everyone that he was right about dogs, that they are evil. But I ask you, who is at fault in this scenario, the man or the dog?”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“My dad always says that you don't get to choose what happens in the world, only how you react to it.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“You see, 'witch' is merely a title. It is not the title that is inherited bad but the people who decide what that title means.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“But sometimes people need to be believed in more than they need to be told what is so.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“Where once witchcraft accusations were the norm, bullying has taken its place. And just as during the Trials, it's not always the usual suspects who get bullied; it can happen to anyone for any reason. But the only way it happens is if the community supports it. Group agreement and group silence are equally as deadly. The moment someone speaks up, it's possible to stop that cycle. It's not the easiest thing to do, but greatness is never without risk. And there is nothing greater in the whole world than kindness - kindness to someone being bullied, kindness to a stranger, kindness to an inured animal. Every act counts.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“You have more power than you know, Samantha. You just have to be brave enough to realize it.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“I followed the spiked iron fence around the church, 'First Church in Salem, Founded in 1629', the sign reads. The fence ends, and there's a big wooden trellis covered in vines.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“ee cummings, “I carry your heart; I carry it in my heart.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“Seriously, no. Go be weird somewhere else.” I want people to stop
hating me, not treat me like a sideshow.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“You are strong and stubborn. You risk everything for the people you love. And more important, you are kind to the ones you do not.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“To really care for another is a reason to live. When that beauty was blotted out of my world, I no longer wanted to be in it.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“..Abigail's singing while I painted. How we laughed so when no one was watching. And how finding a black-eyed Susan tucked into my business contracts reminded me of why I was doing that business in the first place. To really care for another is a reason to live.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“When change cometh, she will bring peace at her back. She will not bend to your will; you must bend to heres.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“Group silence can be a death sentence. It was in Salem [1692].”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“Usually when I have a bad day like this, I put on my jams, get in bed with some mint chocolate chip ice cream, and watch funny movies until I feel better.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“When change cometh, she will bring peace at her back.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“Every day without him feels empty.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“Principal Brennan examines the writing. “I’ve read the reports from your school in New York. This is a bad start to the year, Samantha.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“No one kills themselves because they are happy where they are.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch

“Group silence can be a death sentence.”
― Adriana Mather, How to Hang a Witch