The Halloween season is a time to embrace all things mysterious and magical. For this reason, the witch has become an iconic symbol of the holiday. We all watch Halloween and scary movies about them, we dress up as them, and even use their likeness to decorate our homes. Halloween is undoubtedly the season of the witch and we wanted to celebrate by rounding up the very best witch quotes out there for you to ponder, use as a caption on social media, or even to whisper to trick-or-treaters when they get to your door.
These witch quotes come from your favorite witchy movies, TV shows, books, and actual, practicing witches. Some witch quotes are spooky while others are silly and all are enchanting in one way or another. So, put on a pointy hat, stir your cauldron, and bust out your broom because we’re about to have a blast with these quotes!
Hocus Pocus
“Come little children, I’ll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment. Come little children, the time’s come to play, here in my garden of magic.”
Unknown
“When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ’tis near Halloween.'”
Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
“Witches were a bit like cats. They didn’t much like one another’s company, but they did like to know where all the other witches were, just in case they needed them.”
Laurie Cabot
“The witch knows nothing in this world is supernatural. It is all natural.”
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
“There was a lot more to magic, as Harry Potter quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words.”
Gabriela Herstik
“Being a witch means living in this world consciously, powerfully, and unapologetically.”
Jay Hawkins, ‘I Put a Spell on You’
“I put a spell on you because you’re mine.”
Yoko Ono
“I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being.”
Catherine M. Valente, In the Night Garden
“Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a witch.”
Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I am wicked in many ways.”
William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”
Hilda Lewis, ‘The Ship That Flew’
“There is no magic when one no longer believes.”
Unknown
“You say witch like it’s a bad thing…”
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
“‘Tis now the very witching time of night, when churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion to this world.”
The Craft
“In the old days, if a witch betrayed her coven, they would kill her.”
William Shakespeare, Macbeth
“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.”
Kiki’s Delivery Service
“You’d think they’d never seen a girl and a cat on a broom before.”
Roald Dahl, The Minpins
“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
The Love Witch
“The day he left me was the day I died. But then I was reborn as a witch.”
The Wizard of Oz
“You’ve always had the power, my dear. You just had to learn it for yourself.”
American Horror Story: Coven
“Don’t make me drop a house on you.”
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Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
“The first time I called myself a ‘Witch’ was the most magical moment of my life.”
The Witch
“When I sleep my spirit slips away from my body and dances naked with the devil.”
Roald Dahl, The Witches
“For all you know, a witch may be living next door to you right now.”
Bewitched
“I am a witch. A real house-haunting, broom-riding, cauldron-stirring witch.”
William Shakespeare, Henry V
“You have witchcraft in your lips.”
Practical Magic
“There’s a little witch in all of us.”
Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
“A witch ought never be frightened in the darkest forest because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.”
The Wizard of Oz
“Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?”
Sleeping Beauty
“You poor, simple fools, thinking you could defeat me. Me! The mistress of evil.”
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Midgard Morningstar
“The moon has awoken with the sleep of the sun. The light has been broken, the spell has begun.”
What did you think of these enchanting witch quotes? We hope you fell in love with some and that you will share them alongside your Halloween social media posts. They are symbolic of the Halloween holiday so be sure to keep them in mind as you celebrate. If you liked these quotes, take a look at our favorite Halloween quotes!
Ray Bradbury
“Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve.”
William Shakespeare
“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”
Shirley Jackson
“Fear,’ the doctor said, ‘is the relinquishment of logic, the willing relinquishing of reasonable patterns. We yield to it or we fight it, but we cannot meet it halfway.’”
Edgar Allan Poe
“Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.”
Arthur Conan Doyle
“Where there is no imagination there is no horror.”
Karen Fortunati
“The world turned upside down—in a good way—for one black velvet night.”
Mason Cooley
“Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.”
Stephen King
“We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.”
Ray Bradbury
“Everything seemed cut from soft black velvet or gold or orange velvet. Smoke panted up out of a thousand chimneys like the plumes of funeral parades. From kitchen windows drifted two pumpkin smells: gourds being cut, pies being baked.”
Judy Gold
“Halloween is an opportunity to be really creative.”
Carolyn MacCullough
“I was born on the night of Samhain, when the barrier between the worlds is whisper-thin and when magic, old magic, sings its heady and sweet song to anyone who cares to hear it.”
Bram Stoker
“Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!”
Rusty Fischer
“Sticky fingers, tired feet; one last house, trick or treat!”
Unknown
“When the witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ’tis near Halloween.”
Ava Dellaria
“On Halloween, you get to become anything that you want to be.”
L.M. Montgomery
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
Rusty Fischer
“Shadows mutter, mist replies; darkness purrs as midnight sighs.”
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George Carlin
“There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.”
Robert Brault
“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.”
Dexter Kozen
“Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, ‘Tonight is Halloween!'”
Edgar Allen Poe
“Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing/Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.”
Steve Almond
“Nothing on Earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night.”
Paula Guran
“The farther we’ve gotten from the magic and mystery of our past, the more we’ve come to need Halloween.”
Oscar Wilde
“A mask tells us more than a face.”
Richelle E. Goodrich
“Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween’s upon us now.”
Nicholas Gordon
“Halloween wraps fear in innocence, as though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat… ”
Midgard Morningstar
“The moon has awoken with the sleep of the sun, the light has been broken; the spell has begun.”
Douglas Copeland
“If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.”
Unknown
“There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight.”
Elvis Duran
“Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it’s about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves.”
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William Shakespeare
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”
Wow! Aren’t these Halloween quotes just stunning? We hope you enjoyed them and that you will share them with your friends and family.
Contents
- 1 Hocus Pocus
- 2 Unknown
- 3 Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky
- 4 Laurie Cabot
- 5 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- 6 Gabriela Herstik
- 7 Jay Hawkins, ‘I Put a Spell on You’
- 8 Yoko Ono
- 9 Catherine M. Valente, In the Night Garden
- 10 Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
- 11 William Shakespeare, Macbeth
- 12 Hilda Lewis, ‘The Ship That Flew’
- 13 Unknown
- 14 William Shakespeare, Hamlet
- 15 The Craft
- 16 William Shakespeare, Macbeth
- 17 Kiki’s Delivery Service
- 18 Roald Dahl, The Minpins
- 19 The Love Witch
- 20 The Wizard of Oz
- 21 American Horror Story: Coven
- 22 Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
- 23 The Witch
- 24 Roald Dahl, The Witches
- 25 Bewitched
- 26 William Shakespeare, Henry V
- 27 Practical Magic
- 28 Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
- 29 The Wizard of Oz
- 30 Sleeping Beauty
- 31 Midgard Morningstar
- 32 Ray Bradbury
- 33 William Shakespeare
- 34 Shirley Jackson
- 35 Edgar Allan Poe
- 36 Arthur Conan Doyle
- 37 Karen Fortunati
- 38 Mason Cooley
- 39 Stephen King
- 40 Ray Bradbury
- 41 Judy Gold
- 42 Carolyn MacCullough
- 43 Bram Stoker
- 44 Rusty Fischer
- 45 Unknown
- 46 Ava Dellaria
- 47 L.M. Montgomery
- 48 Rusty Fischer
- 49 George Carlin
- 50 Robert Brault
- 51 Dexter Kozen
- 52 Edgar Allen Poe
- 53 Steve Almond
- 54 Paula Guran
- 55 Oscar Wilde
- 56 Richelle E. Goodrich
- 57 Nicholas Gordon
- 58 Midgard Morningstar
- 59 Douglas Copeland
- 60 Unknown
- 61 Elvis Duran
- 62 William Shakespeare
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