Discworld Witches - Tumblr Posts
Honestly Magrat Garlick is so relatable in Witches Abroad and Lords and Ladies, its conforting to remember other people feel like you but also that you can grow and change while still being yourself.
Thing Nanny Ogg would say
"this too shall pass" well can it fucking get on with it
I want to see the White Horse at Uffington again so much that I will rent a car and risk driving on the wrong side of the road. Maybe keep this in mind if you're driving anywhere between Bath and Uffington during the last week of September.
“All witches are selfish, the Queen had said. But Tiffany’s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things, because they are mine!”
- Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men
Somehow, the witches of Discworld has become the cornerstone for the philosophy by which I live my life.
I am a woman of power, of strength, cleverness, and kindness.
Through applied knowledge, practicality, hard work, and open-ended thinking, I can create magic.
I need not fear when I walk in the woods, because I am scarier than anything that can be found within them.
Help others where they need it (even if they aren’t grateful), and let them help you when you do (even if you don’t want it).
There is strength in numbers. Cling tight to the ones you love.
Don’t be afraid of your own emotions - your anger, your stubbornness, your selfishness. Use them. Make them into weapons to protect and help others.
If you see that something is wrong in the world, fix it.
Learn from tradition, and let it guide you, but don’t let it bar you from making your own path.
Don’t bog yourself down with trinkets and tools. The best things often come with working with what you already have.
Defend what is important to you. Stand firm in your beliefs, but don’t force them on others.
Carry yourself with pride. You are a witch.