Alice Hoffman - Practical Magic (1995)

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There are some things, after all, that Sally Owens knows for certain: Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck. Fall in love whenever you can.

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Some things, when they change, never do return to the way they once were. Butterflies for instance, and women who've been in love with the wrong man too often.

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Trouble is just like love, after all; it comes in unannounced and takes over before you've had a chance to reconsider, or even to think.

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No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

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Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.

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Always keep mint on your windowsill in August, to ensure that buzzing flies will stay outside, where they belong. Don't think the summer is over, even when roses droop and turn brown and the stars shift position in the sky. Never presume August is a safe or reliable time of the year.

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It was as if hope had appeared out of nowhere to settle beside her and it wasn't going anywhere, it wasn't going to desert her now.

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Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.

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It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

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The moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep.

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He has the ability to catch someone by the way that he looks at her, and make her wish he would go on looking.

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Avoid men who call you Baby, and women who have no friends, and dogs that scratch at their bellies and refuse to lie down at your feet. Wear dark glasses; bathe with lavender oil and cool fresh water. Seek shelter from the sun at noon.

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People want to ignore what they can't understand. They're looking for logic at any cost.

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Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

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