Practical Magic (1998)
Dianne Wiest: Aunt Jet
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Quotes
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Sally Owens : And I don't want them dancing naked under the full moon!
Aunt Jet Owens : No, of course. The nudity is entirely optional. As you well remember!
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[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!
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Aunt Jet Owens : There's a little witch in all of us.
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[all drunk]
Gillian Owens : You southern shrew!
Aunt Jet Owens : Ingrate!
Aunt Frances Owens : Goodie two shoes!
Sally Owens : WITCH!
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Aunt Jet Owens : And this is what comes from dabbling; I mean you can't practice witchcraft while you look down your nose at it.
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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?
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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.
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Aunt Jet Owens : Gillian, Sally. The only curse in this family is sitting there at the end of the table. Your Aunt Fanny.
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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!
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Aunt Jet Owens : Be careful what you wish for.
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Aunt Jet Owens : You see that couple here? Well, he's having an affair with the babysitter and she can eat a pound cake in under a minute.
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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!
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Aunt Jet Owens , Aunt Frances Owens : [singing] Someone left it on the porch
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Aunt Jet Owens : Oh, dear. It seems we've not arrived in the nick of time.
Aunt Frances Owens : Well. I see our instincts are getting a little rusty.
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Young Sally Owens : What about my homework?
Aunt Jet Owens : Oh, pish! Tosh! You're both going to learn things in this house that you will never learn in school.
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Sally Owens : I want you both to watch what you say to those girls. I don't you filling their heads with any of your nonsense, okay?
Aunt Jet Owens : We'd never tell them nonsense, dear.