Hare House Quotes

“We soon fell silent too, and above and around us came the murmur of all the countless branches; a distant sort of a noise, ungraspable yet pervasive, like voices in another room.”
― Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House

“It's not a simple matter. You can drain the water or grit the ice, or move the wall. It makes no difference in the end. It's just a bad spot here, and always has been. A crossroads. The place where they buried folk like suicides and murderers. Witches. Bury them at the crossroads so their spirits get confused and can't find their way home.”
― Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House

“It was then, as I hesitated, that the head stepped in and said, 'We don't want a witch hunt'.
I looked from one to another of them, and then back to her. Three very different women but in each of their faces I saw the same desire: the zeal of the witch-finders, their urge to burn them all.”
― Sally Hinchcliffe, Hare House