Practical Magic Quotes
The wry, comic romantic tale follows the Owens sisters, Sally and Gillian, as they struggle to use their hereditary gift for practical magic to overcome the obstacles in discovering true love.
Sally Owens: [Sally's letter to Gillian] Sometimes I feel like there's a hole inside of me, an emptiness that at times seems to burn. I think if you lifted my heart to your ear, you could probably hear the ocean. The moon tonight, there's a circle around it. Sign of trouble not far behind. I have this dream of being whole. Of not going to sleep each night, wanting. But still sometimes, when the wind is warm or the crickets sing... I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for. I just want someone to love me. I want to be seen. I don't know. Maybe I had my happiness. I don't want to believe it but, there is no man, Gilly. Only that moon.
Sally Owens: Can love really travel back in time and heal a broken heart? Was it our joined hands that finally lifted Maria's curse? I'd like to think so. But there are some things I know for certain: always throw spilt salt over your left shoulder, keep rosemary by your garden gate, plant lavender for luck, and fall in love whenever you can.
Young Sally Owens: He will hear my call a mile away. He will whistle my favorite song. He can ride a pony backwards.
Young Gillian Owens: What are you doing?
Young Sally Owens: Summoning up a true love spell called Amas Veritas. He can flip pancakes in the air. He'll be marvelously kind. And his favorite shape will be a star. And he'll have one green eye and one blue.
Young Gillian Owens: Thought you never wanted to fall in love.
Young Sally Owens: That's the point. The guy I dreamed of doesn't exist. And if he doesn't exist, I'll never die of a broken heart.
Young Gillian Owens: What are you doing?
Young Sally Owens: Summoning up a true love spell called Amas Veritas. He can flip pancakes in the air. He'll be marvelously kind. And his favorite shape will be a star. And he'll have one green eye and one blue.
Young Gillian Owens: Thought you never wanted to fall in love.
Young Sally Owens: That's the point. The guy I dreamed of doesn't exist. And if he doesn't exist, I'll never die of a broken heart.
Gillian Owens: You ever put your arms out and spin really, really fast?
Antonia Owens: She does it all the time.
Gillian Owens: She does? Well, that's what love is like. It makes your heart race. It turns the world upside down. But if you're not careful, if you don't keep your eyes on something still, you can lose your balance. You can't see what's happening to the people around you. You can't see that you're about to fall.
Antonia Owens: She does it all the time.
Gillian Owens: She does? Well, that's what love is like. It makes your heart race. It turns the world upside down. But if you're not careful, if you don't keep your eyes on something still, you can lose your balance. You can't see what's happening to the people around you. You can't see that you're about to fall.
Gary Hallet: What was that, Sally? That was him, wasn't it? Is he gone or what?
Sally Owens: Yes, you killed his spirit, but I know I took his life. I'll tell you all need to know. I'll tell you how I did it, where I buried him, what I did it with. I'll tell you how...
Gary Hallet: Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on just a goddamn second, all right? One step at a time. I took on oath to uphold the law. I came here to bring in the bad guy because generally that's what I do. You asked me how many times I read your letter. I must've read it about a thousand times. I know now, it was your letter anything else that brought me here. It was you. And I'm all mixed-up about that.
Sally Owens: Yes, you killed his spirit, but I know I took his life. I'll tell you all need to know. I'll tell you how I did it, where I buried him, what I did it with. I'll tell you how...
Gary Hallet: Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on just a goddamn second, all right? One step at a time. I took on oath to uphold the law. I came here to bring in the bad guy because generally that's what I do. You asked me how many times I read your letter. I must've read it about a thousand times. I know now, it was your letter anything else that brought me here. It was you. And I'm all mixed-up about that.
Sally Owens: Dear Gillian, Today is our third anniversary and all I have to show for it are two beautiful little girls and a husband I just can't stop kissing. I don't even mind the beard. But I wish you could see us. No more stones being thrown, no taunts cried out. Everything is just so blissfully normal. Life is perfect.
[making margaritas]
Aunt Frances Owens: Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog.
Aunt Jet Owens: Adder's fork and blindworm's sting...
Aunt Frances Owens: Barbados lime is just the thing.
Aunt Jet Owens: Cragged salt like a sailor's stubble!
Aunt Frances Owens: Flip the switch and let the cauldron bubble!
Aunt Frances Owens: Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog.
Aunt Jet Owens: Adder's fork and blindworm's sting...
Aunt Frances Owens: Barbados lime is just the thing.
Aunt Jet Owens: Cragged salt like a sailor's stubble!
Aunt Frances Owens: Flip the switch and let the cauldron bubble!
[after they make a binder ring snap on a mother's finger]
Sally Owens: [to Gillian] Don't do that.
Gillian Owens: It wasn't me, it was you!
[Both giggling]
Mother: Oh I am so please to report this, and the top of the phone tree list is... wait a minute, it's Sally Owens.
[confused; flips through phone tree and finds Sally's name at the top of each list]
Gillian Owens: Wooo! Go, Sal!
[aside to Sally]
Gillian Owens: Now that was me!
Sally Owens: [to Gillian] Don't do that.
Gillian Owens: It wasn't me, it was you!
[Both giggling]
Mother: Oh I am so please to report this, and the top of the phone tree list is... wait a minute, it's Sally Owens.
[confused; flips through phone tree and finds Sally's name at the top of each list]
Gillian Owens: Wooo! Go, Sal!
[aside to Sally]
Gillian Owens: Now that was me!
Old Man Wilkes: [Getting interviews by Officer Hallet about the Owens] Go arrest her! Their niece owns a shop where they cook up a special placenta. And that's why the Aunts don't age! I tell you, they just don't age!
Gary Hallet: [Doubtful] She's selling placentas?
Old Man Wilkes: [With gleeful conviction] A placenta bar!
Gary Hallet: [Doubtful] She's selling placentas?
Old Man Wilkes: [With gleeful conviction] A placenta bar!
Sally Owens: [after Michael's death; brings the spell book out] You brought him into my life and now I want you to bring him back. Bring him back! I have never asked you for anything. I've never asked you for spells but do this. I know you can bring him back.
Aunt Jet Owens: No, dear. We won't do that.
Aunt Frances Owens: We don't do that.
Sally Owens: But you can. You can do this. I know you can. I remember. I found it here when mommy and daddy died.
Aunt Frances Owens: Even if we did bring him back, it wouldn't be Michael. It would be something else. Something dark and unnatural.
Sally Owens: [Starts crying] I don't care what he comes back as. As long he comes back. Please do this for me. Please? Please? Please? Please?
Aunt Jet Owens: No, dear. We won't do that.
Aunt Frances Owens: We don't do that.
Sally Owens: But you can. You can do this. I know you can. I remember. I found it here when mommy and daddy died.
Aunt Frances Owens: Even if we did bring him back, it wouldn't be Michael. It would be something else. Something dark and unnatural.
Sally Owens: [Starts crying] I don't care what he comes back as. As long he comes back. Please do this for me. Please? Please? Please? Please?
Aunt Frances Owens: [to young Sally and Gillian] That's how you came to live with us. We tucked you into our lives then. We've raised you the best way we know how.
Aunt Jet Owens: In this house we have chocolate cake for breakfast. We never bother with silly things like bedtimes or brushing our teeth.
Aunt Frances Owens: But with the sweets comes the sour...
Aunt Jet Owens: So when you find yourself the center of attention... It's not that they hate you. It's that, well... We're different.
Aunt Jet Owens: In this house we have chocolate cake for breakfast. We never bother with silly things like bedtimes or brushing our teeth.
Aunt Frances Owens: But with the sweets comes the sour...
Aunt Jet Owens: So when you find yourself the center of attention... It's not that they hate you. It's that, well... We're different.
Gary Hallet: You're saying what I'm feeling is just one of your spells?
Sally Owens: Yeah. It's not real. And if you stay, I wouldn't know if it was because of the spell and... you wouldn't know if it was because I didn't want to go to prison.
Gary Hallet: Yeah, well... you know, all relationships have problems.
Sally Owens: Yeah. It's not real. And if you stay, I wouldn't know if it was because of the spell and... you wouldn't know if it was because I didn't want to go to prison.
Gary Hallet: Yeah, well... you know, all relationships have problems.
Aunt Frances Owens: [about the hanging of Maria; the Owen's ancestor] They feared her because she had a gift, a power that has been passed on to you children. She had the gift of magic. And it was this very gift that saved her life. She was banished to this very island. With her unborn child growing inside her belly. She waited for her lover to rescue her. But he never came. No one came. In a moment of despair, she cast a spell upon herself that she would never again feel the agony of love. But as her bitterness grew the spell turned into a curse. A curse on any man who dared love an Owens woman.
Gary Hallet: [about the herb Belladonna] Some people also use it as a poison.
Sally Owens: Which people?
Gary Hallet: Witch people.
Sally Owens: Ah-ha.
Gary Hallet: Witches.
Sally Owens: I guess you found me out, huh? Yeah.
Gary Hallet: Yes, I did
Sally Owens: [Tone hardens] You should come round here on Halloween. You'd really see something then.
Sally Owens: Which people?
Gary Hallet: Witch people.
Sally Owens: Ah-ha.
Gary Hallet: Witches.
Sally Owens: I guess you found me out, huh? Yeah.
Gary Hallet: Yes, I did
Sally Owens: [Tone hardens] You should come round here on Halloween. You'd really see something then.
Gillian Owens: [Angrily] Yeah. Yeah, you're right. You're always right, Sally. Oh, I'm just a mess. Just one big mess! Well, at least I've lived my life. And you hate me for that because... because it scares the hell out of you.
Sally Owens: Gillian, I don't hate you.
Sally Owens: [Still angry] Look at you! You spend all your energy just trying to fit in, be normal! But you're never gonna fit in, Sal, because we're different!
Sally Owens: Gillian, I don't hate you.
Sally Owens: [Still angry] Look at you! You spend all your energy just trying to fit in, be normal! But you're never gonna fit in, Sal, because we're different!
Aunt Frances Owens: [about Jimmy] We have to banish him.
Aunt Jet Owens: We have to force his spirit back into the grave.
Aunt Frances Owens: We need a full coven.
Aunt Jet Owens: Nine women. Twelve's better.
Aunt Frances Owens: [to Sally] Do you have any friends?
Sally Owens: [Cut to the Kitchen, Sally on the phone] Linda! Hi, it's Sally. I'm activating the phone tree. Look, uh, you know the - the stuff that everyone's always whispering about me... the hexes, the spells, the...? Well, here's the thing. Uh... I'm witch!
Aunt Jet Owens: We have to force his spirit back into the grave.
Aunt Frances Owens: We need a full coven.
Aunt Jet Owens: Nine women. Twelve's better.
Aunt Frances Owens: [to Sally] Do you have any friends?
Sally Owens: [Cut to the Kitchen, Sally on the phone] Linda! Hi, it's Sally. I'm activating the phone tree. Look, uh, you know the - the stuff that everyone's always whispering about me... the hexes, the spells, the...? Well, here's the thing. Uh... I'm witch!
Aunt Frances Owens: Oh come on, Jetty, even you have to admit that any man who gets involved with an Owens woman is bound to end up 6 feet under.
Aunt Jet Owens: Spare me.
Aunt Frances Owens: What about my poor Ethan?
Aunt Jet Owens: It was an accident.
Aunt Frances Owens: It was fate.
Aunt Jet Owens: [More forcefully] It was an accident.
Aunt Frances Owens: [Also more forceful] No, no, no, it was fate.
Aunt Jet Owens: [yelling] Accident!
Aunt Frances Owens: [also yelling] It was fate!
Aunt Jet Owens: Spare me.
Aunt Frances Owens: What about my poor Ethan?
Aunt Jet Owens: It was an accident.
Aunt Frances Owens: It was fate.
Aunt Jet Owens: [More forcefully] It was an accident.
Aunt Frances Owens: [Also more forceful] No, no, no, it was fate.
Aunt Jet Owens: [yelling] Accident!
Aunt Frances Owens: [also yelling] It was fate!
