Something Wicked This Way Comes

by

Ray Bradbury

A member of Cooger and Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Show and Mr. Dark’s most powerful and dangerous freak. The Dust Witch is “blind, but special blind,” and while she can’t exactly read thoughts, she is able to feel, hear, and taste different souls. Mr. Dark sends the Dust Witch to find Will and Jim in the carnival’s hot air balloon, and while she does find them, the boys outsmart her and wash away the evil identifying mark she leaves on Jim’s roof. The Dust Witch can also stop the human heart with her thoughts, and it is in this way that she attempts to kill Charles; however, Charles fends her off with laughter and later destroys her with his smile and happiness during Mr. Dark’s World-Famous Bullet Trick.

The Dust Witch Quotes in Something Wicked This Way Comes

The Something Wicked This Way Comes quotes below are all either spoken by The Dust Witch or refer to The Dust Witch. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Good vs. Evil Theme Icon
).
Chapter 49 Quotes

And then, at last, he gave the maze, the mirrors, and all Time ahead, Beyond, Around, Above, Behind, Beneath or squandered inside himself, the only answer possible.

He opened his mouth very wide, and let the loudest sound of all free.

The Witch, if she were alive, would have known that sound, and died again.

Related Characters: Charles Halloway, The Dust Witch
Page Number: 233
Explanation and Analysis:
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The Dust Witch Quotes in Something Wicked This Way Comes

The Something Wicked This Way Comes quotes below are all either spoken by The Dust Witch or refer to The Dust Witch. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Good vs. Evil Theme Icon
).
Chapter 49 Quotes

And then, at last, he gave the maze, the mirrors, and all Time ahead, Beyond, Around, Above, Behind, Beneath or squandered inside himself, the only answer possible.

He opened his mouth very wide, and let the loudest sound of all free.

The Witch, if she were alive, would have known that sound, and died again.

Related Characters: Charles Halloway, The Dust Witch
Page Number: 233
Explanation and Analysis: