Gary Hallet Quotes in Practical Magic (1998)

Gary Hallet: Curses only have power when you believe them. And I don't.

[walks away, pauses then turns to Sally]

Gary Hallet: You know what? I wished for you too.

Gary Hallet: Did you or your sister kill James Angelov?

Sally Owens: Yeah, a couple of times.

Sally Owens: [Looks at Gary's eyes in the middle of kissing him] One green eye, one blue... no, I can't. I have to go.

[Leaves in haste]

Gary Hallet: [Confused] I was born with them!

Gary Hallet: So what kind of, uh... craft do you do?

Sally Owens: I manufacture bath oils and soaps... hand lotions... shampoo. And the Aunts, um... they like to meddle in people's love lives.

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.

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.

Gary Hallet: Strange town. Never spent this much on shampoo before, in my life.

Gary Hallet: I got people telling me that you're up here cooking up placenta bars, that you're into devil worship...

Sally Owens: [cuts him off] No. No, there's no devil in the craft.

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: Where is James Angelov?

Sally Owens: [matter-of-fact] I think he's in the spirit world.

Gary Hallet: You think he's dead?

Sally Owens: No, I think he's haunting us.

Pharmacist: [Reading] If any man dared take on an Owens woman, he'd live briefly in the euphoria of her love... until meeting an untimely death.

Gary Hallet: [Dubious] The curse?

Antonia Owens: [Answering the door] You came for breakfast! We're having pancakes!

Gary Hallet: No, actually, I just came here to talk to your mom.

Antonia Owens: Great! She's having pancakes, too. Come in, come in!

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.