I adore Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett because they actually researched the practices of witches (or are/were witches themselves) before writing about them. That is why when a witch reads a book by Neil Gaiman or by Terry Pratchett they see themselves in the characters.

“She sold calm seas to the mariners’ wives

Bound the winds with silk cords so the storms could be tied there, The women at home lived much happier lives

Till their husbands returned, and their patience be tried there.”

I gotta get motivated again. This is lovely.