Witchcraft Trials Quotes

#1. I have never encountered, not even in witchcraft trials, a dead man whom God or the Devil allowed to climb up from the abyss to erase the evidence of his misdeed - then

Umberto Eco

#2. The three hundredth anniversary of the Salem witch trials of 1692 comes at a time when witchcraft commands a scholarly attention that would have been puzzling in 1892 or even in 1792.

Edmund Morgan

#3. If a Manx cat tells you that it is trying to preserve its long, beautiful tail, you don't have to believe it - especially if you have eyes.

Idries Shah

#4. My experiences thus far had me planning to throttle the first Tudor historian I met upon my return for gross dereliction of duty.

Deborah Harkness

#5. I love you for a great many reasons and despite a great many others.

Richelle E. Goodrich

#6. Noah presses upon my back to bend me double in preparation for the order. He tosses aside my clogs in order to bind left thumb to right toe, then right thumb to left toe in the form of the holy cross. It has always seemed to me a forgiving God would not condone such abuse of the crucifix.

Janet Graber

#7. Isn't there in every human soul...an initial spark, a divine element, incorruptible in this world, immortal in the next, that good can bring out, prime, ignite, set on fire and cause to blaze splendidly, and that evil can never extinguish?

Victor Hugo

#8. The sheeted dead
Did squeak and gibber in the streets of Rome.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

#9. This was dangerous talk - in these enlightened times, a wise woman would never be too clever. The accusation of witchcraft had rid many men of an ugly wife and yet more women of an attractive rival.

Joss Alexander

#10. The universe always
helps us fight for our dreams, no matter how foolish they may be.

Paulo Coelho