Aunt Frances Owens: 12 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Sep 25, 2026

Movie quotes spoken by Aunt Frances Owens, ranked by user ratings. Listen online or download free MP3 and WAV clips.

1 Your mother knew. She heard the beetle ticking for your father's death all day long. She knew that when you hear the sound of the deathwatch beetle, the man you love is doomed to die.

Stockard Channing in Practical Magic (1998)

2 It was an accident. -It was fate. -It was an accident. -No, no, no. It was fate. -Accident! -It was fate!

Aunt Frances Owens (Stockard Channing), Aunt Jet Owens (Dianne Wiest) in Practical Magic (1998)

3 Why, darling, when are you going to understand that being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage. -Well, it's what I want.

Stockard Channing in Practical Magic (1998)

4 Fine, but I do not want them dancing naked under the full moon. -No, of course not, dear. The nudity is entirely optional, as you well remember.

Aunt Frances Owens (Stockard Channing), Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock) in Practical Magic (1998)

5 Cragged salt like a sailor's stubble! -Flip the switch and let the cauldron bubble.

Stockard Channing in Practical Magic (1998)

6 Something's going on. I can smell it. -Yes, it's a very distinct smell. It's the smell of _.

Aunt Jet Owens (Dianne Wiest), Aunt Frances Owens (Stockard Channing) in Practical Magic (1998)

7 All right, ladies, pick a broom. Form a circle.

Stockard Channing in Practical Magic (1998)

8 Sally, you just stay right there. Keep working on your spells. Just keep working on your spells.

Stockard Channing in Practical Magic (1998)

9 This is insane. She keeps going through all these guys. -Hopefully, someday she'll find a guy who'll go through her.

Aunt Frances Owens (Stockard Channing), Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock) in Practical Magic (1998)

10 We never expected that you would truly love him. -Well, I did. And I want him back.

Sally Owens (Sandra Bullock), Aunt Frances Owens (Stockard Channing) in Practical Magic (1998)