- Is that why they wanted to hang her? Because she was a witch?
- Well, the fact that our Aunt Maria was a bit of a heartbreaker didn't help. Nor did it help that most of her lovers had wives on the hanging committee.

12 seconds sound clip from the Practical Magic (1998) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:01:19.037 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- For more than 200 years we Owens women have been blamed for everything that has ever gone wrong in this town.

- Is that why people hate us so much, Aunt Frances?

- They don't hate us, sweetheart. We just... We make them a little nervous.

- Let's face it, Jet. We Owens women have always created a stir.

- It all began with your ancestor, Maria. She was a witch. The first in our family. And you, my darlings, are the most recent in a long and distinguished line.

- Is that why they wanted to hang her? Because she was a witch?

- Well, the fact that our Aunt Maria was a bit of a heartbreaker didn't help. Nor did it help that most of her lovers had wives on the hanging committee.

- But no, I don't think it was either of those reasons.

- They feared her because she had a gift. A power that has been passed on to you children. She had the gift of magic.

- And it was this very gift that saved her life.

- She was banished to this very island.

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