Woman in Black Quotes in The Witches (1990)

Elsie: Wait! Wait!

[Miss Ernst and the others stop and turn around]

Elsie: I smell... dogs' droppings.

[all the witches gasp and begin to sniff around]

Woman in Black: Ugh! The smell!

Miss Eva Ernst: She's right! Search out this small lump of dung! Find it! It must be exterminated immediatly!

Woman in Black: Hello, young man. What a magnificent tree-house. Did you build it yourself?

Luke: My dad and I did.

Woman in Black: [opening her purse] I've got something for you here. Something I think you'll like.

[Her eyes glow. Luke gasps]

Woman in Black: Jump down, and I'll show you.

Luke: No!

Woman in Black: What?

Luke: No, thank you very much.

Woman in Black: It's worth a lot of money...

Luke: This is private property.

Woman in Black: [pulling a snake out of her purse] There's nothing to be frightened of, I just wanted to give you this. I find him on my walks, he's quite harmless. See? Little boys love snakes. Here, he's yours.

Luke: [calling] Grandma!

Woman in Black: Look, I'll leave him here if you like, then you can come down on your own and get him. They wriggle away quite quickly... UNLESS you tell them not to.

[she whispers to the snake]

[after being turned into a mouse]

Witch Chef: [runs in the restaurant to warn the other witches] Don't touch it! It's in the soup! Don't touch the soup!

Woman in Black: A child!

[she stomps on the mouse killing her instantly]

Miss Eva Ernst: Good...

Grand High Witch: Witches of England... You are a disgrace! Miserable witches... You are good-for-nothing worms! Everywhere I look, I see the repulsive sight of hundreds, thousands of revolting little children... I ask you!

[points]

Grand High Witch: Why? One child a week is no good to me!

Woman in Black: [stands] We will do better! We will do much better!

Grand High Witch: Better is no good either! I demand maximum results!